Everything about Birch Sap totally explained
Birch sap is the
sap extracted from a
birch tree, such as a North American
Sweet Birch or a
Silver Birch. The sap is often a slightly sweet, watery liquid.
Birch sap must be collected during a specific time in the winter, depending on the species. The collected sap can be drunk as a
tonic and it's a traditional beverage in
Belarus,
Ukraine,
Russia,
Lithuania,
Latvia,
Estonia,
Finland and elsewhere in
Northern Europe as well as parts of northern
China. Birch sap can also be used as an ingredient in food or drinks, such as (
birch beer) or
wintergreen flavored
candy.
Concentrated birch sap is used to make
birch syrup, a very expensive type of syrup mainly made from
Paper Birch in
Alaska, and from several species in
Russia,
Belarus and
Ukraine. In Russia this tonic is used as a traditional herbal medicine functioning as antiseptic, anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-itching treatment.
Other uses for the sap include
vinegar.
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