Tapped Maple Syrup

09/01/2026

Wendell Berry, the great rural American philosopher-doer, passed away on August 31, 2026. We lost an amazing human who deeply influenced my thinking about my life and role in the world, and who helped me to better understand the relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world. Wendell's Unsettling of America was the first thing I read that spoke to what I saw and experienced in rural America: the continuous loss of family farms and the decline of rural life and communities due to a colonization of the economy, lifestyles, and thinking. Tapped Maple Syrup grew out of core idea of his: that working lands are the basis of a healthy and sustainable relationship between humans and nature.

Wendell Berry, the great rural American philosopher-doer, passed away on August 31, 2026. We lost an amazing human who deeply influenced my thinking about my life and role in the world, and who helped me to better understand the relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world. Unsettl

08/31/2026

this is an amazing pairing - Tapped with Marieke Gouda!
Thanks to Fromagination Artisan Cheeses and Perfect Companions!

08/30/2026

We've been busy filling and labeling over 3,500 2oz Pure Maple Syrups for the Delicious Food Delivered Wisconsin Advent Calendar!

08/22/2026

Sugarbush wildlife - from spring to summer. What a privilege it is to get to share this land with all these critters.

07/25/2026

Bison ❤️ blueberry pocket Tapped Maple Syrup.
(No bison or people or syrup were harmed in this photo. AND animals were further away than appear.)
is awesome.

07/10/2026

☕️ Good morning! ☀️

Here’s your reminder to try our Tapped Maple Syrup — Not just on pancakes, waffles, and French toast, but in morning coffee too! 🥞☕️

No artificial flavors. No fake sugar. Just one simple ingredient: pure maple syrup.

If you haven’t tried swapping your coffee syrup for pure maple syrup, consider this your sign. 😉

Do you use maple syrup for anything besides breakfast? We’d love to hear your favorite ways to enjoy it! 🍁❤️

07/06/2026

Grandpa Tree and America
This year, the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary. In recently reflecting on this, I realized one of the trees in our sugarbush may have been around for this entire history. What follows is a bit of an imagination exercise in what this tree might have “seen.” To be honest, we don’t know how old the tree is, but being 250 years old is feasible.

We call this tree Grandpa Tree. It’s the largest tree remaining in our sugarbush. It had some counterparts of similar age and size that were damaged or blown over during windstorms over the past 40 years. My dad remembers tapping Grandpa Tree when he was a kid, remembering that it was a big tree then, 60+ years ago. So, let’s imagine the life of this tree, placing its birth at the same year as the birth of our country, 1776.

In the summer of 1776, a maple samara twirled down to the ground from its parent tree (itself maybe growing here for hundreds of years before this). That samara landed in a perfect place in the duff of the forest floor and soon sprouted, sending a root into the ground and a stem into the air. Soon that root intersected fungal hyphae and developed a relationship with that fungus that will help it survive throughout its life. For decades this seedling hung out on the forest floor, each spring sprouting a couple leaves to capture the meager sunlight available, but mostly it survived on sugar passed to it from the mature maples through the fungal hyphae. At some point, a larger tree in the canopy died, likely blown over in a storm or struck by lightning. This created the canopy gap the seedling needed to get sunlight, and it bolted skyward. It became a sapling and then a mature tree, continuing to grow through the years.

Continue reading on our blog https://www.tappedmaplesyrup.com/blog/tapping-time-2026-dec6w?shem=rimspwouohe,

The life of Grandpa Tree and the United States have run in parallel.

06/06/2026

It’s hard to beat Cardamom Infused Maple Syrup in coffee, especially iced coffee, so we’re excited to again make available this Tapped + Paired featurinRedwood Street Roasters' Kapok Coffee and Tapped Cardamom Infused Maple Syrup.

Kapok is grown in Costa Rica and is a balanced roast that has bright citrus flavor and a hint of chocolate. It pairs perfectly with Tapped Cardamom in iced coffee.

This box contains a half-pint bottle of Tapped Cardamom Infused Maple Syrup and a 12oz bag of whole bean Redwood Street Kapok Coffee.

05/26/2026

It's officially grilling season and time to get out the Tapped Maple BBQ Sauce! A tasty twist on barbecue sauce, mixing the deep, smoky flavors of BBQ and the sweet richness of maple syrup, with an extra touch of spice. Our BBQ sauce features all natural, simple, clean ingredients. Use it on everything you're grilling!

And, to kick off your grilling season the right way, we're offering a 15% discount on our Maple BBQ Sauce through the end of May.

Tapped Maple BBQ Sauce is only available from our online store. https://www.tappedmaplesyrup.com/shop

04/30/2026

Sugarbush critters, fun to see the progression from winter to spring.