“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 ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Latvian) DEVELOPER AND CEO OF 1NCE LATVIA, JANS JELINSKIS, SAYING:"Everybody has experienced a situation when the sap flowed over the edge (of the container), or the container was in the ...

Alistair Gardiner [email protected] Apr 24, 2020 Apr 24, 2020 Bears are emerging from their dens, waterfowl are returning from their winter retreats and the snowpack is starting to melt. And for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...