Much like maple trees, birch trees can be tapped for a steady source of delicious and edible liquid sap, also called birch water. Learning bushcraft skills serves as a clear reminder that we are ...

“When Latvians drink birch sap, it’s a sign of spring coming,” says Ervins Labanovskis. It’s been consumed here for centuries; folk songs reference the birch tree’s alleged magical and medicinal ...

FAIRBANKS — A glistening on the tips of the birch branches at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus told Jan Dawe that it was time to tap another tree Wednesday morning. From a distance, birch ...

Dulce Ben-East (left) talks with employees including SueEllen Bontrager about testing trees for sap. Ben-East was hoping to tap trees today, but colder-than-expected temperatures mean the crew is ...

Yesterday’s sparkling water is today’s coconut water is tomorrow’s … birch tree sap? Birch water, a waterlike sap tapped from birch trees, is the latest beverage to join an alternative water market ...

BALTEZERS, Latvia (Reuters Life!) - Gourmet chef Martins Ritins holds up a jar filled with a crystal clear liquid and says "wow" after taking a sip. Like many people in Latvia and other northern and ...

The chartreuse leaves of the birch tree are one of the first signs of spring in Southcentral Alaska. But for a few weeks before the leaves unfurl the trees offer a sweet treat –a watery liquid that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birch sap collecting is going high-tech in Latvia An app called E-birch alerts users when internet-connected containers are full ...

First-of-its-kind business reports growing interest for its products, which are made with sap sourced in the Adirondacks Hannah Sheehan holds a bottle of Birch Raisin Wine with Spice. The front door ...

Sapp organic birch water. Birch water, touted as the next "super drink," has its fair share of health benefits but is an expensive product. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune/TNS) Sapp organic birch ...