The birch sap flows in Hallormsstadur

An experiment with utilization of birch sap has started.

Thear are two local laides who lead the project, Bergrún Arna Þorsteinsdóttir and Guðný Vésteinsdóttir and are they optimistic that Icelanders will celibrate this new health drink. Product development is already in prosess to find the best way to present the product to its furture consumers.
	Birch sap can only be collected during spring time and the trees give sap only during a month time. The sap is full of minerals and vitamins and is what gives the tree start after the winter. Birch sap has not been collected in any quantity in Iceland but in Scandinaviathis has been a tradistion for a long time. The birch sap is considered to have good infuence on the health of men.
The sap is collected by drilling a hole into the tree and is a tap put into the wound which leads the fluid into a can. Sap can only be collected from each tree for 5 days and after that time a wood stopper must be used to stop the tree from giving more sap. Each tree is then wrested for 3-4 years until it can be used again for collection of sap.
	In Iceland the sap has been used to make ice cream and vine.