00:00 Introduction
1:20 The Farmers
2:33 Tapping
4:46 Grades of Syrup
6:21 The Great Maple Syrup Heist
7:05 Cooking with Maple Syrup
8:01 Processing
10:37 Climate and Season Changes
11:28 Outro

Once pierced, century-old maple trees drip sap referred to as liquid gold. It will take roughly 50 gallons of these drops to make one 1 gallon of 100% pure Grade A maple syrup. Farms in the Hudson Valley, New York State, can sell that gallon for over $200, almost 29 times more than popular imitation syrup. Despite the price, Grade A maple syrup is incredibly sought-after. So much so that C$18 million worth of it was stolen in one of the largest heists in Canadian history.

But why is Grade A maple syrup worth so much? And why is it so expensive?

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