--- ulfin@portup.com
> wrote:
>>Hi.  I think the Birch you need is Betula lenta, a.k.a. the Cherry, Black,
>>or Sweet Birch, not paper birch.

Would this be the same as Betula glasa ?  If my memory still serves me (which it doesn't from time to time) that's what I've seen in recipes for birch sap drinks.
The sap is to be collected in early spring, around the time when the buds on the tree have just burst.
/Angus


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