Hi disney,
I assume ur in US, if that's true, i'll consider u more lucky than us, who live in the SEA. Here, the maple syrup (MS) Grade B is ridicolously expensive, tagged at $54 a bottle (Natural Value). I used that in my 1st round of MC, but not anymore. I'm currently using Agave Nectar (AN). It's way much cheaper than the MS and it functions more or less the same. I'm not saying that u should switch to AN, just saying that if i were u, i'd be happy with the price of the MS in the US. At times, i envy u guys coz u can get organic things easily than us here, where we have to import stuff from the US (that's why the price is too high on certain products). But what can we do eh? There's always something to set us back. But in the end, we have to make a choice anyway. It's really one way, or another.