the many virtues of birch sap

When the birch gets back to work, and the sap begins to circulate again, winter is coming to an end. In the valley of Thann (Haut-Rhin)five producers have developed their sap harvesting activity. The season begins calmly, due to the frosts. “Like every year, we are on the alert. (…) But as soon as it’s gone, when you know it’s starting to flow, after that we left for a harvest of about two or three weeks”confides Jeremiah kublerproducer of birch sap.

The product is eagerly awaited in specialist shops. “For 15 days already, we have been asked: ‘When is she coming?‘ That’s really what [les clients] offer themselves for their well-being“, says Patricia Hennerdepartment manager in Riedisheim (Haut-Rhin). Followers are ready to spend 45 euros for three weeks of treatment. “It is both diuretic and draining, and therefore allows certain times of the year to do detoxification cures“, Explain Christian Wilhelm, pharmacist.