• Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Maybe it’s similar to how tree sap tastes different after you’ve boiled it down to syrup?
    Maple sap has a pleasant, very mildly sweet flavor whereas maple syrup is the greatest thing on earth.

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      2 months ago

      Maybe, although the flavor of that probably does change somewhat due to being boiled, just like I imagine the bee concentration/dehydration process adds something.

    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      The math is interesting: it takes 40L of sap to produce 1L of syrup which means only 2.5% of the original sap remains after boiling it. I wonder if it caramelizes slightly from the boiling process.