Real maple syrup is a staple in the sweet lover’s pantry. This natural sweetener makes a Sunday morning pancake breakfast the most anticipated part of your week. Here in Rhode Island a man named Charlie is the expert of syrup production. If you didn’t visit his sugar house on a field trip as a child, you will certainly want to after reading more about it below.
Beautiful Maple Trees
Facebook/Charlie’s Sugar House A maple forest rests without leaves in the late winter, waiting to bud in the warmer weather. It is at this time that maple syrup makers take advantage of nature’s sweetness hidden just inside of the bark.
Tapping the Trees
Facebook/Charlie’s Sugar House Each spring Charlie and his crew tap the maple trees. Hundreds of white buckets will be seen hanging throughout the woods of Greene, Rhode Island. When the temperature is just right, the sap will flow. Ten gallons of sap makes only about a quart of syrup.
The Sugar House
Facebook/Charlie’s Sugar House The little buckets are poured into bigger buckets and are eventually stored in the large vat in front of the sugar house. From there it will be processed.
Oil-Fired Evaporator
Facebook/Charlie’s Sugar House Inside the sugar house a careful evaporation process starts. They have to watch it carefully or it might burn. From there it is filtered and jarred.
Maple Syrup
Facebook/Charlie’s Sugar House The end result is delicious, real maple syrup, made here in Little Rhody.
Maple Sugar Candy
Facebook/Charlie’s Sugar House And of course, the tastiest maple sugar candy too.
Pancakes
Flickr/Ancient History Whether you visit for a tour in the the spring or purchase a bottle online, you can enjoy this sweet treat year-round.
Charlie’s Sugar House is located at 124 Hall Road, Greene, Rhode Island.
Facebook/Charlie’s Sugar House
A maple forest rests without leaves in the late winter, waiting to bud in the warmer weather. It is at this time that maple syrup makers take advantage of nature’s sweetness hidden just inside of the bark.
Each spring Charlie and his crew tap the maple trees. Hundreds of white buckets will be seen hanging throughout the woods of Greene, Rhode Island. When the temperature is just right, the sap will flow. Ten gallons of sap makes only about a quart of syrup.
The little buckets are poured into bigger buckets and are eventually stored in the large vat in front of the sugar house. From there it will be processed.
Inside the sugar house a careful evaporation process starts. They have to watch it carefully or it might burn. From there it is filtered and jarred.
The end result is delicious, real maple syrup, made here in Little Rhody.
And of course, the tastiest maple sugar candy too.
Flickr/Ancient History
Whether you visit for a tour in the the spring or purchase a bottle online, you can enjoy this sweet treat year-round.
Charlie’s Sugar House is one of the 2017 winners of the LASA Grant, which was established to support the growth, development, and marketing of local food and seafood in Rhode Island. Charlie plans to use the money to turn the mud driveway into a gravel driveway to make it easier to park during field trips. Visit the Facebook page of Charlie’s Sugarhouse to learn more. Or continue reading about these other sweet places in Rhode Island.
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