A hole is drilled into a maple tree on the Kavookjian’s property.
A small tap is placed to draw the sap out during late winter.
The collected sap from each tree is poured into a larger bucket and brought to the sugar house.
Water in the sap is evaporated through the process, resulting in pure maple syrup.
The syrup is bottled and then sold at the New Canaan Nature Center.
Haik Kavookjian keeps the fire under the sap condenser burning at about 185 degrees.
The Kavookjian family’s sugar shack is in full operation on a late winter day.
The Kavookjian’s maple syrup is poured onto homemade waffles. Fresh snow topped with pure maple syrup makes for a tasty and natural old-fashioned snow cone.
Gabriel, Dylan, Ani and Haik Kavookjian taste some of the treats prepared by their mother.
Fresh snow topped with pure maple syrup makes for a tasty and natural old-fashioned snow cone.
The Kavookjian’s Grade A maple syrup is available in 8-ounce containers.
Amber-colored maple syrup is poured into a wooden ladle.