Do you know that 40 litres of maple sap is required to form 1 litre of maple syrup? Do you know that before undergoing the process of obtaining maple syrup, the maple sap is transparent?
Waterloo has a Maple Syrup Museum, located in St Jacobs Village, where you will be able to understand more about maple syrup and its extraction process. The Museum is really small. It has a video called: A Liquid Gold of Spring, where it will share with you more about how maple syrup is being obtained and its different grades. In the museum, it consists of the different equipment that is used to collect the maple syrup from the trees, its history and the structure of St Jacobs Village.
Entrance of the Maple Syrup Museum 
Different grades of the maple syrup 
Tool to extract maple syrup
Wondering where to head to after the leaving the Maple Syrup Museum? You can simply spend the rest of the afternoon at St Jacobs Village. St Jacobs Village has many different shops ranging from bakery to toys to antique. They have many bakeries. For those who loves pastries, going to St Jacobs Village is definitely one of your must go. Moreover, if you can looking for a place to purchase Canadian unique food, you can head down to The Farm Pantry, which is located at St Jacobs Village. At The Farm Pantry, you will be able to obtain maple syrup, maple cookies, maple tea, icewine tea and many more other souvenirs that are uniquely Canadian. Hence, what are you waiting for? Don’t forget to head down to St Jacobs Village to explore the one and only village in Waterloo!!!
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