Maple Blueberry Syrup

So I found this recipe for a Maple Blueberry Syrup, and thought I'd give it a try.
Here is the recipe:

Maple Blueberry Syrup

3 cups water

1 (16-ounce) bag frozen blueberries, thawed or still frozen is fine.

juice of half a lemon

small handful of fresh mint leaves

1/2 cup maple syrup

soda water

In a saucepan, combine water, frozen blueberries, lemon juice (and why not toss in the entire half of lemon), mint leaves, and maple syrup.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes.  Remove from heat and strain through a fine mesh strainer into a large bowl.  Using a spatula, press the blueberries into the strainer, releasing any juices.  Return the warm, strained liquid to the saucepan.  Bring to a boil once again, reduce heat and simmer for about 20-30 minutes, until syrup is reduced to 2 cups of liquid.

Place in a jar and allow to cool in the refrigerator.

To make blueberry soda, add a few tablespoons of blueberry syrup to iced soda water.  Enjoy!  

It said that it was supposed to make two cups, but when I made it I got a little more than that.  The other thing that I ran into was that it turned out to be more of a juice than a syrup.  I cooked it for an extra 15-20 minutes which did reduce it down more, but it was still pretty juicy.  So maybe it is just supposed to be like that. 


Part of the 6 pounds of blueberries that I happened to pick.  

Getting the different tools and ingredients together to make it. :)

I don't have a picture of the finished product, but since I plan on making it again I shall add it when I make more.  
There are other recipes that I want to make, and when I do I shall add them here with some pictures so that if someone decides to make it then they can kind of have an idea of what it is supposed to look like.