The exact period for collecting birch sap is difficult to determine. As a rule, birch sap begins to flow when the snow melts, and swollen buds are the first sign that it is time to collect birch sap. The collection of birch sap stops when the leaves begin to bloom. So how to properly collect birch sap, and how to store birch sap. Birch sap, berezovitsa, is a drink that has a beneficial effect on the entire human body. The benefits of birch sap were noticed by our ancestors, and the secrets of treatment with birch sap are passed down from generation to generation. Birch sap has a healing composition, because birch is one of the most medicinal trees in our country.
When to collect birch sap
The beginning of the collection of birch sap depends on weather conditions and in different regions of Russia begins at its own time. Somewhere in mid-March, and somewhere at the end of April... Swollen buds on birch trees can serve as a guide to collecting birch sap. To determine the beginning of sap flow, it is enough to go out into the forest after March 20-25 and make an injection with a thin awl on a birch tree as thick as your hand. If the juice starts flowing, a drop of juice will immediately appear at the puncture point. So it's time to collect silver juice.
The main thing to remember if you decide to get healthy birch sap: It is necessary to collect birch sap only in ecologically clean forests, because the tree is capable of absorbing harmful substances and exhaust gases.
How to collect birch sap
Rules for collecting birch sap:
- You cannot use a young tree to collect birch sap!
- When collecting birch sap, do not use an ax. It is better to use a drill with a 5-10 mm drill bit. Such a hole in the birch trunk overgrows almost without a trace.
- When collecting birch sap, it is important to know that, basically, the sap flows in the surface layer between the bark and the wood, so there is no need to make a deep hole at all.
- The best time to collect birch sap is considered to be between 12 and 18 hours.
- Do not drain all the birch sap from one birch tree. It is better to go around 5-10 trees and take a liter of sap from each of them per day than to collect all of it from one birch, destroying it.
- After you finish collecting birch sap, help the birch tree heal its wound. Cover the area where birch sap is collected with garden varnish or drive a wooden plug into the hole.
Choose birch trees with a diameter of more than 20-30 cm with a well-developed crown. In addition, as experts say, the sap from mature birch trees is sweeter. Carefully make a hole in the birch trunk at a distance of 20 cm from the ground. A birch bark tray or other semicircular device is attached to the hole made or under it, along which the juice will flow. The groove should be directed into the bottle, jar or bag.
The number of holes depends on the diameter of the birch, which can be done:
- if 20-25 cm - then only one,
- with a volume of 25-35 cm - two, with 35-40 - three,
- and if the diameter is more than 40 cm, it is permissible to make four holes.
Keep in mind that birch, As soon as you drill it, it will immediately begin to heal the wound caused to it. Therefore, the amount of birch sap will constantly fall. This is fine! Do not try to destroy the tree by deepening a hole or drilling a new one. Just change the birch tree when collecting birch sap no longer suits you.
How to store birch sap
You can store fresh birch sap in the refrigerator for a little more than 2 days. To preserve birch sap longer, kvass is prepared from it.
Recipes for kvass from birch sap:
- Heat to 35 degrees, add 15-20 g of yeast and 3 raisins per 1 liter, you can add lemon zest to taste. After this, the jar or bottle is tightly closed and left for 1-2 weeks. The result is a very tasty, carbonated, invigorating drink!
- Kvass can be prepared in a slightly different way: to 10 liters of birch sap add the juice of 4 lemons, 50 g of yeast, 30 g of honey or sugar, raisins at the rate of 2-3 pieces per bottle. Pour into bottles and keep for 1-2 weeks in a cool, dark place.
Our ancestors drank birch tree fermented in barrels without adding sugar - it was a traditional low-alcohol drink at Russian feasts.
You can infuse birch sap on dried fruits, in a jar covered with gauze, for about 2 weeks. You can also add berry juice to “birch tears” and infuse them with herbs.
Recipes for harvesting birch sap for future use:
Canning. For 1 liter of birch sap - 125 g of sugar and 5 g of citric acid. Filter, pour into jars, pasteurize and screw on the lids. It is useful to infuse the juice on the leaves of mint, lemon balm, thyme, St. John's wort, linden blossom, rose hips, and lingonberries.
Birch kvass. The juice is heated to +35°C, yeast is added to it at the rate of 15-20 g per 1 liter. The starter is placed in a cold place for 3-4 days, then poured into containers and preserved.
Birch syrup. After evaporating the juice to a lemon-white color and the thickness of honey, the sugar concentration in the syrup reaches 60-70%.
The benefits of birch sap, treatment with birch sap
In the spring, for about three weeks, the birch tree shares its “tears” with us and helps a person heal the body. The secret and popularity of birch sap is that the forces accumulated in the birch trunk over the winter are transferred to humans with birch sap.
Composition of birch sap
The composition of birch sap includes sugars (fructose, glucose, sucrose), organic acids, enzymes and substances with high antimicrobial activity (phytoncides). Birch sap also contains a lot of mineral elements, which the body weakened by spring hypovitaminosis needs. By drinking birch sap, we replenish the body with potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, manganese, and copper.
Properties of birch sap
- Since birch sap contains enzymes and biological stimulants, it strengthens the immune system.
- Potassium, calcium, and magnesium contained in birch sap are necessary for normal heart function.
- Tannins from birch sap have an anti-inflammatory effect.
- Easily digestible sugars are good for brain function.
What are the benefits of birch sap
Spring birch sap can be considered one of the best dietary remedies. Systematic taking birch sap has a tonic effect. If you drink at least a glass of birch sap a day, you will feel more alert and energetic. Drowsiness, depression, and fatigue will disappear.
The benefits of birch sap and the fact that birch sap is a good tonic for a variety of diseases. Among other things, it has a diuretic effect and stimulates kidney function. Birch juice promotes the release of uric acid, enhances diuresis. It is useful for people with kidney and urinary tract diseases. Birch juice strengthens the strength of those who have lung diseases, arthritis or bronchitis. However, people with urolithiasis and stomach ulcers should consult a doctor before expecting benefits from drinking birch sap.
It is recommended to drink birch sap for skin problems - eczema, lichen, furunculosis. Rinse with birch sap sore throat, proven benefits of birch sap in the complex treatment of headaches, coughs, joint diseases. Birch sap inherent ability to cleanse the blood and remove toxic substances, therefore it is real benefits of birch sap in case of intoxication of the body. Also Birch juice alleviates the condition of infectious diseases.
Undoubtedly, the benefits of birch sap are obvious, but you should understand: this juice is not a medicine, but a good supporting agent given by nature that should be used in complex treatment.
Harm of birch sap
Birch sap can be harmful if: collected near highways, collected in the city, in a place with an unfavorable environment. Birch sap can also be harmful to those who are allergic to birch pollen!
The benefits of birch sap - folk recipes
What does birch sap treat, how to be treated with birch sap, what diseases does birch sap treat... Recipes for treatment with birch sap were collected and preserved by our ancestors. People often treated themselves with birch sap.
Anemia - treatment with birch sap
Birch sap contains a large amount of vitamins and microelements, including iron and natural sugar, so it is indicated for low hemoglobin levels.
Mix fresh birch sap in equal parts with apple, carrot or beet sap and you will get a product that effectively increases hemoglobin. Take 50 ml (this is about 1 shot glass) 15 minutes before meals 3 times a day, during the entire period of birch sap flow.
Reduced immunity - treatment with birch sap
A drink consisting of birch sap, milk (in equal proportions) and with the addition of a small amount of starch helps to improve immunity.
Tumors - treatment with birch sap
In the presence of various tumors, traditional medicine recommends mixing 2 parts of birch sap with 2 parts of yarrow juice, 2 parts of carrot juice, 1 part of hemlock grass juice, 1 part of St. John's wort juice and 1 part of meadowsweet grass juice. Take 1 tablespoon in the morning on an empty stomach, washed down with milk, and 1 tablespoon at night, also washed down with milk.
Diseases of the digestive system - treatment with birch sap
For heartburn and gastritis with low acidity, biliary dyskinesia, exacerbation of peptic ulcers, flatulence and chronic inflammation of the pancreas, birch sap is taken as follows: 50 ml in pure form or diluted with warm boiled water in a ratio of 2:1 - drink in a day.
High blood pressure - treatment with birch sap
For hypertension with high blood pressure, accompanied by swelling, heart pain, headache and dizziness, drink 1/2 glass of birch sap 2 times a day. The juice acts as a mild diuretic, removing excess moisture from the body.
Diseases of blood vessels and joints - treatment with birch sap
The diuretic function of birch sap, coupled with its anti-inflammatory effect, allows us to consider it as a good remedy for arthritis, arthrosis, gout, rheumatism, varicose veins of the legs, and trophic ulcers. In this case, the juice should be drunk 50 ml in pure form or diluted with water in a ratio of 2:1, 3 times a day, half an hour before meals. The effect of therapy will be enhanced if you drink a glass of warm milk on an empty stomach and before bedtime.
Pulmonary diseases - treatment with birch sap
For bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, birch sap is drunk as follows: 75-100 ml 2 times a day. For colds (pharyngitis, laryngitis) and sore throat, birch sap, pure or diluted with warm water, is useful to gargle on an empty stomach and after each meal. At high temperatures, birch sap can also be used as a local antipyretic agent - in its pure form or with cold water (2:1). Gauze or cotton flaps are moistened in juice, lightly squeezed and placed on the elbows, armpits and groin areas, under the knees, wrapped around the ankles and wrists and changed as they dry until the patient’s temperature subsides.
Skin diseases - treatment with birch sap
As an external remedy, birch sap is used for eczema, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, furunculosis, acne, fungal diseases and poorly healing wounds. In these cases, birch sap is used in the form of washes, rubs, lotions, and compresses on problem areas and places. The external effect of the juice can be duplicated by taking it orally in its pure form, 75-100 ml before meals and at night.
Diseases of the genitourinary system - treatment with birch sap
For kidney diseases - chronic pyelonephritis, the presence of sand or small stones - birch sap should be drunk daily on an empty stomach, 1 glass undiluted.
In case of urolithiasis and cholelithiasis, birch sap should be taken with caution, first finding out the composition and size of the stones. Otherwise, being a strong stone-reducing agent, birch sap can drive a large stone into a narrow duct and provoke colic. However, this applies only to stones of oxalate and uric acid origin. But birch sap, on the contrary, dissolves phosphate and carbonate stones, only for this you need to drink it for at least 3 months, 1 glass on an empty stomach and an hour before bedtime.
Hair loss - treatment with birch sap
If you begin to notice that your hair has weakened and began to fall out, then rubbing a mixture of birch sap with vodka and a decoction of burdock root in equal parts into the scalp will help stop this process. Birch sap also helps fight dandruff; to do this, you need to wash your hair with birch sap.
When to collect birch buds
Birch buds also have medicinal properties. This is a kind of concentrate of useful substances, loved by the people and often used in folk medicine.
The greatest amount of useful substances in birch buds is contained during the period of active sap flow in the tree. That is, around the same period when birch sap can be collected, or rather a little later. Don't miss the moment when the buds are swelling but have not yet opened. It is necessary to collect birch buds for further use for medicinal purposes when they are very swollen, but the scales have not yet separated. Of course, it is worth remembering the basic rules: collecting birch buds, like birch sap, should be kept away from highways, landfills, and industrial enterprises. Only collecting birch buds in ecologically clean places will provide you with useful raw materials.
Just a couple of decades ago, everyone could enjoy this miracle drink by visiting the nearest store or canteen. Now it is difficult to find natural birch sap even in supermarkets. Therefore, amateurs collect the “correct” birch sap on their own.
A unique drink and its benefits
There is a popular belief: “Whoever drinks enough birch sap will gain health and vigor for the whole year.”
Many people know about the benefits of birch sap. It is beneficial for the whole body. Firstly, it restores metabolism. Secondly, it gives strength and vigor, and normalizes blood pressure. Thirdly, it is a storehouse of vitamin C.
Until recently, everyone could enjoy this drink. Now the production of birch sap has decreased. Now it is difficult to find a natural product even in supermarkets. This is why many people prefer to extract juice themselves. It turns out that this is a simple procedure.
What you need to know when you go for this juice
Before going to a birch grove or forest, you need to arm yourself with knowledge of the technology and secrets of successful sap collection.
Follow the law, take care of your national heritage!
Don’t worry, the legislation of the Russian Federation allows collecting birch sap. The main thing is that the tree remains alive after your extraction. Otherwise you will be fined.
To prevent this, choose an adult birch tree with a diameter of 25 cm or more. And also you should not make rough and deep cuts that are harmful to the tree.
Remember! It is forbidden:
- collect the sap of young birches;
- make deep cuts with an ax;
- collect more than 10 liters of sap from one tree (a couple of liters from one tree is enough, it is better to go around several birches).
Right time of year
No one will tell you the exact date when you need to go for birch sap. It all depends on the weather conditions and climate of the region. Usually in Moscow, the Moscow region and central Russia, juice appears in the third ten days of March, in the southern regions - at the beginning of March, and in the northern regions, beyond the Urals and in the Altai Territory - by the end of April.
Be observant, as soon as the first signs of spring begin to appear, you can run to the birch tree to check. Look at the buds, if they begin to swell, then you can check by making a small hole in the trunk. Most likely, the juice will already be running with might and main.
But if the buds are still dry, you should wait a little, since most likely there will be no juice. Or there will be, but in meager quantities.
Table: Leningrad region, Siberia or Altai - when you can collect birch sap in different regions of Russia
| Early March | Third ten days of March | April |
| Kursk region Lipetsk region Tambov region Belgorod region Voronezh region Krasnodar region Rostov region Volgograd region Astrakhan region Republic of Adygea Republic of Kalmykia Republic of Crimea | Tver region Vladimir region Tula region Oryol region Kostroma region Nizhny Novgorod region. Smolensk region Yaroslavl region Ryazan region Kaluga region Bryansk region Ivanovo region Moscow region | Leningrad region. Pskov region Novgorod region Vologda region Arkhangelsk region Republic of Karelia Komi Republic Murmansk region Altai Republic Irkutsk region Khabarovsk region |
Temperature, lack of rain, suitable hours of day and other nuances
There are also several “secrets of success” that are worth knowing in advance:
- The air temperature should reach 5 degrees Celsius.
- If after the thaw there are frosts or rain, this is not the best time to collect birch sap. It's better to wait until more favorable weather conditions. Otherwise, you will simply waste time.
- The best time to collect juice is from 11:00 to 16:00.
When there is more sunlight, birch sap flows more intensely.
- Pure and high-quality birch sap can only be collected in the forest, in a birch grove, where the environment is environmentally friendly. Also avoid swampy places. You cannot collect birch sap within the city, especially near factories. This is fraught with allergies, and in the worst case, poisoning.
You cannot collect birch sap within the city limits. This is fraught with allergies, and in the worst case, poisoning. And, naturally, it is impossible to collect birch sap near factories and factories.
- Collect sap from the south side of the birch tree.
Woodworking Instructions
This rule overlaps with the first. The thicker the tree, the better. A young birch tree will not produce as much sap as an adult tree can.
If you choose the right source, you can collect up to 7 liters of sap from one birch tree at a time.
And be sure to treat the injured area of the birch after completing the procedure.. To do this, cover the cuts and holes with garden varnish or close them with a homemade wood plug.
What methods of collecting birch sap will not harm trees?
Using a groove - plastic, aluminum or wood
You will need:
- drill;
- axe;
- aluminum V-shaped gutter;
- container
Thus, on average, you can collect a liter of juice in 20 minutes.
Video: extracting birch sap with a groove
No tools - just hands and a knife
You will need: a sharp knife, a container for juice.
This method is good when you are relaxing with your family or friends in nature. In a couple of minutes you will collect a mug of juice.
Video: how to collect birch sap quickly and easily
Collecting in a bag (bag) or bottle from a branch
You will need:
- sharp knife or hatchet;
- container
Using a dropper
You will need:
- Drill a hole in the birch tree. We clear away sawdust.
- Remove the needle from one end of the dropper. We insert the cambric into the hole.
- We insert the other end of the dropper with a needle into a plastic bottle, piercing it.
This is one of the most common ways to collect birch sap. Since you can quickly and without harm to the tree collect up to 7 liters of sap.
Video: how to collect birch sap with a dropper
As you can see, there are many different options for extracting birch sap. Choose the one you like best. And do not forget to follow the limits and rules. Then the birch tree will thank you every year with its wonderful sap.
In addition to the fact that birch sap tastes good, it is also full of substances necessary for the body. Fresh birch sap can normalize microflora in the intestines, break down kidney stones, and help the immune system fight lung diseases. It is also used for cosmetic purposes. The healthiest sap is the sap you directly collect from the tree. The simple rules of this procedure will help you get this tasty and healing drink easily and without consequences for the birch tree.
We choose the time to collect the juice. Immediately after the spring equinox on March 20, you can begin monitoring sap flow in trees. To make sure that the sap has flowed, find a young birch tree whose thickness does not exceed 10 cm in diameter. Make a thin puncture and observe. A drop of liquid that appears will tell you that you can start collecting juice. And don’t be embarrassed if there is still snow around the tree. Birch trees “come to life” very early in the spring, as soon as the first sun appears.
We treat birch. When the sap collection is complete, be sure to seal the hole you made. Drive a wooden block into the hole and plug it with moss or wax. This way the sap will no longer flow out and will begin to flow to the branches. The birch itself will quickly heal the wound. Next year you will not find a trace of the puncture.
By following simple rules, you can enjoy a healthy drink and protect the birch tree from death. Birch sap (birch tree)
- liquid coming out of a birch tree in places where its trunk or branches are damaged. Such damage can be cuts or fractures, and the outflow of fluid is caused by root pressure in the tree.
Birch sap is a very valuable product, enriched with many substances beneficial to the body, due to which this liquid has a complex beneficial effect on human health.
- Composition of birch sap
- Juice density - 1.0007-1.0046 g/ml;
- Dry matter content - 0.7-4.6 g/l;
- Ash content - 0.3-0.7 mg/l;
- Total sugar content - 0.5-2.3%;
- Protein - 0.1 g/100 g;
- Fat - 0.0;
- Carbohydrates - 5.8 g/100 g;
Among the organic substances we note: essential oils, saponins, betulol, more than 10 organic acids. The calorie content of birch sap is
— 22-24 kcal per 100 g of fresh product.
- Birch sap also contains the following macro- and microelements (minerals):
- sugars - 1-4%;
- — 273 mg/l;
- — 16 mg/l;
- — 13 mg/l;
- — 6 mg/l;
- aluminum (Al) - 1-2 mg/l;
- manganese (Mn) - 1 mg/l;
- — 0.25 mg/l;
- silicon (Si) - 0.1 mg/l;
- titanium (Ti) - 0.08 mg/l;
- strontium (Sr) - 0.1 mg/l;
- barium (Ba) - 0.01 mg/l;
- nickel (Ni) - 0.01 mg/l;
- zirconium (Zr) - 0.01 mg/l;
- — 0.01 mg/l;
- traces of nitrogen (N).
The chemical composition may vary somewhat depending on the growing region of the donor birch and the composition of the soil on which the tree grows.
Medical studies have shown that drinking at least one glass a day for 2-3 weeks (it is optimal to drink a glass three times a day half an hour before meals) will help the body cope with spring, or absent-mindedness, fatigue, etc.
From the point of view of herbal medicine, birch sap is one of the best natural remedies for improving metabolism. Despite the fact that birch sap differs little from water, it ferments well and has a positive effect on the functioning of the stomach.
Birch sap is rich in sugars, organic acids, enzymes, calcium salts, magnesium, iron and others that are necessary for the body, which we talked about a little earlier. Due to its rich composition, it is recommended for diseases of the blood, joints, skin, as well as for other respiratory diseases.
Drinking birch sap helps cleanse the blood, enhance metabolic processes, and remove harmful substances from the body during infectious diseases. It is useful to drink juice for diseases of the liver, gall bladder, low acidity, scurvy, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Birch sap also helps to quickly cleanse the body of harmful substances and break down urinary stones of phosphate and carbonate origin.
Birch increases the body's resistance to colds, infectious and allergic diseases, has an anthelmintic, diuretic, and antitumor effect; birch sap is useful for wiping the skin to moisturize and cleanse dry skin.
It is also useful to wash your hair with birch sap, to enhance its growth and appearance of shine and softness (infusion of birch leaves has the same property). Birch sap is a good remedy for impotence. Birch “tears” have a very good effect on women during the period. If you drink at least a glass of juice a day, drowsiness, fatigue, irritability and other symptoms associated with menopause will disappear.
Birch sap remains one of those products that nature has generously rewarded us with. But here it is important to thank her and not harm the tree. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to properly collect birch sap without leaving behind destructive traces. Therefore, the goal of our article is not just to learn how to collect it, but also to make sure that the birch tree gives us a drink next year.
When to collect birch sap
The timing of collecting birch sap depends, first of all, on the weather, so every year the season begins at a different time. Moreover, in the south and north of even such a small country as Belarus, the season can begin at different times. But in general, we recommend focusing on mid-March - this is the traditional start of the season. The collection of juice ends approximately in the second half of April. Experts advise using birch buds as a guide: they should begin to swell. To make sure that the time has come, go out into the forest from the twentieth to the twenty-fifth of March. You will need a thin awl to make a cut in the wood. If the tree is ready to give you sap, then droplets will immediately appear in the place where you pierced. This means the juice can be collected. The only thing we advise you to take into account is the environmental friendliness of the forest. If you want to get a truly healthy product, it would be completely wrong to collect juice in radioactive zones or in forests near noisy highways.
How to collect birch sap correctly: 6 important basics
- One of the first and main rules of collecting birch sap is that the use of young birch trees is prohibited! Often such interference is simply destructive for a growing tree.
- When collecting birch sap, do not use a tool such as an ax. It also leaves “wounds” that are destructive to the tree. The ideal option is a drill. Moreover, the drill should be approximately five to ten millimeters. Such intervention will leave virtually no traces on the tree.
- Many people make the mistake of making excessively deep holes. This is not at all necessary. Especially if you know that the movement of sap takes place in the surface layers, which are located between the wood and the bark.
- If you want the collection process to be as efficient as possible, then keep an eye on the time. It is best to go to the forest from twelve to eighteen hours.
- Another important rule that will help save the tree. Under no circumstances should you drain the entire drink from one birch tree! It will be much more beneficial for the forest if you go around from five to ten different trees, collecting sap from each. This way you won't destroy a single tree.
- At the end of the collection process, it is very appropriate to thank the tree. The “wound” will heal much faster if you place a small wooden plug in the hole.
How to choose the right tree The main thing is not to make a mistake when choosing birch. It is desirable that the diameter of the tree be at least twenty to thirty centimeters. A well-developed crown will also be a plus for you. Professionals give another piece of good advice: choose mature trees, their juice is often sweeter.
How to make a hole in wood
It is important to make the hole in the birch not too high and not too low. The most optimal distance is about twenty centimeters from the ground. You should first prepare a device through which the drink will flow. Often birch bark trays are used for these purposes. Such a device is sent to a jar or other container.Keep in mind that the diameter of the tree will tell you how many holes you can make in it.
- a tree with a diameter of up to twenty-five centimeters is considered thin, so only one hole can be made;
- if the volume is more than twenty centimeters, then feel free to make two holes;
- if the volume is more than thirty-five centimeters, feel free to make three holes;
- four holes can be made only if the diameter of the birch is more than forty centimeters.
Features of collecting birch sap in Belarus
In Belarus, as in any civilized country, sanitary standards are relevant regarding the collection of birch sap. The sap collector should know that not every tree can be drilled. Juice can only be extracted from birch trees that are planned to be cut down in the next five years.As we already said, you don't need to make the holes too deep. The fact is that after cutting down the birch, most likely, it will end up in a factory, where it will be made into parquet or a piece of furniture. This process will not be possible with damaged wood.
Another important point: in Belarus you can collect juice only from trees that are at least forty years old.
Important!Birch sap in Belarus can be collected completely free of charge. You do not need to have any documents for this. But you need to get permission from the forester. For example, it is prohibited to collect juice thirty kilometers from the main city of the Mogilev region. Please note that if you are caught illegally extracting juice, you will have to pay a fine of up to twenty basic units.
Which forest to choose in Belarus
Of course, pure birch groves are often found in Belarus, but not as much as we would like. Often sap collectors choose traditional mixed forest. However, experts assure that this option is even better, and in a mixed forest the drink will be noticeably tastier. This is explained simply: mixed forest grows, as a rule, on sandstones. As a result, such soil transfers more nutrients to the sap. If, on the other hand, the ground is too wet, then too much water passes through the tree. As a result, the juice turns out to be watery, almost tasteless and of little use. By the way, it will not be possible to hand over such juice to the plant - they simply will not accept it.How to preserve birch sap
The simplest option: bring the juice to a boil, but do not boil. If desired, you can add a little sugar: the proportion is simple - one tablespoon per liter of drink is enough. Also, citric acid or a few slices of lemon are often added to the juice. Then the juice is brought to a boil again and rolled into a glass jar.It often happens that your juice has already begun to ferment. Even such a drink can be successfully saved. You can add a few raisins, dried fruits, sugar and a couple of crusts of rye bread to the juice. It is better to store this drink in a cool place.
Original recipes for storing birch sap
1. Among the non-standard options for storing birch sap, we would name Russian balsam. To prepare, you will, of course, need juice (about ten liters), three kilograms of sugar, two liters of dry wine and four lemons.Birch sap must be preheated. Granulated sugar is stirred in the warm juice, and then wine is poured. First cut the citrus fruits into small pieces; you don’t have to remove the peel. All this is added to the juice. It is best to cover the container into which you poured the juice with something and store it for about two months in a cold place (a basement or cellar will do). After two months, the juice is bottled in glass bottles and stored for about three weeks.
2. Another non-trivial option for how to preserve juice for the winter is to make kvass with dried fruits from it. In this case, yeast is not needed: the ingredients are only juice and dried fruits to taste.
First, prepare a container in which the fresh drink will be kept for seven days. It is important that the dishes are not made of metal, and that the room temperature is average room temperature. When you notice that the souring process has started and a sourish tint has appeared in the smell of kvass, you can add dried fruits (pre-washed). The juice can be covered with a clean towel and hidden in a cool, dark place for a couple of weeks. Pour the prepared drink into a glass container, close tightly and store in a place where there is no daylight.
