TheShovler3's WunderBlog

Hey Guys dropping again to offer fall sales of maple syrup again. I have had a good summer selling the syrup and i will be running out of quantities soon. The price fluctuated a little bit. The bulk price of syrup went through the roof this year and if you notice syrup went up a lot in a few months. To put it this way it costs almost 52 dollars to buy a gallon of wholesale syrup. I did however even out all numbers to make for easy transactions. You can also see this at my new freesite

Steve's Syrup


Steve's Syrup

History
Steve's Syrup was started in the chilly winter of 2004 in Clinton Corners, NY. On the ride to school my girlfriend (Cristina) noticed buckets hanging off some trees; "what are those for?" she asked. From my younger years i had remembered a lesson on Maple Sugaring so i told her the whole process and how it was done. She seemed intrigued and replied back "lets do that". That being said i went to the store bought 9 taps and buckets and boiled down sap on the kitchen stove and at the ripe old age of 18 i was a novice sugarmaker. Cristina quickly lost interest and thus the hobby became my disease. In 2005 i tapped 20 trees still boiling inside. That same year i boiled over syrup on the stove and burned up my mothers burner. After that i was forbidden from making maple syrup in the house, Later on in the summer i purchased a 2'x6' maple syrup Evaporator. The evaporator was much more efficent than the stove method and boiled off 40 gallons of sap an hour. Again my disease grew to 140 taps in 2006. In the last two years 2007 and 2008 i have tapped 190 taps.

Products




After all of my dilligence in making a high quality product i was able to make more than enough for friends, family and myself to consume. I have the product list below up for your consideration.

16oz Plastic Jug - $10 Available in Light, Medium and Dark
12.8oz Glass Flask bottle $9 SOLD OUT!!!
8oz Glass Flask bottle $8 (supplies extremely limited) Available in Light
8.45oz Glass Maple Leaf - $12 (to be pictured later) Available in Dark

*Note* When my supplies run out, they will be done until the next season. I will not buy any syrup from other sugar makers to fill any orders. The reason is simple, i can't certify the quality of anyone elses syrup but my own. I wouldn't feel comfortable selling syrup that wasn't mine and made by myself. That being said please contact me if you'd like to order any of the above products. I ship anywhere for the most part and only charge what it costs me. There will be no inflated shipping charges. Syrup can be ordered in Light, Medium and Dark Amber at this time.

Maple Facts
Maple Syrup is a 100 % natural and organic product. To make maple syrup, water is removed from the sap, but nothing is added.
Maple Syrup has the same calcium content as whole milk.

Maple Syrup has only 40 calories per tablespoon, unlike corn syrup which has 60 calories per tablespoon.
Maple Syrup is rich in minerals such as calcium, potassium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, and iron.
Maple Syrup is good for you! Vitamins B2, B5, B6, niacin, biotin, and folic acid are present in Maple Syrup.
Maple Syrup even contains trace amounts amino acids - the building blocks of protein!
Several types of maples are native to New England, but the sugar maple (also called rock maple or hard maple) and the black maple are considered the best types for maple sugaring.
Only a few places in the world have the right climate for sugar maples: New England, upstate New York, Michigan, the Maritime provinces, and southern Quebec and Ontario. Vermont produces more maple syrup than any other state.
The flavor of maple syrup, like that of other natural products, can vary from region to region and even from year to year.
Usually maple trees are not tapped until they are at least 40 years old and 10-12 inches in diameter. As the tree's diameter increases, more taps can be added (up to a maximum of four taps).
When done properly, tapping does no permanent damage to the tree. Some maple trees have been tapped for over a hundred years!
Each tap will yield an average of 10 gallons of sap per season, producing about one quart of maple syrup. Or, to put it another way, it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.
Real maple syrup is 100% natural and organic.
Maple syrup and maple sugar are 100% fat free.
The sugar content of sap averages 2.5 percent; the sugar content of maple syrup is at least 66 percent.
Real maple syrup contains no preservatives. Opened containers of maple syrup should be stored in the refrigerator or freezer.
Maple syrup won't actually freeze.

Contact Information
Steve
Stephen.Kondysar@gmail.com
845-797-7188