Climbing the palm tree to exchange sap buckets

Fermentation pots to make "firewater". P.S., it was very tasty!

Nothing is wasted from the palm. The husks are used as fuel to boil down the palm sap into sugar.

Like maple sugar candy, in the flat pan is the finished product. Very good!

Bagan: Palm Sugar & Peanut prcessing

March 10, 2020 in Myanmar ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

On our way to Mt Popa we stopped at a palm sugar & peanut processing family owned businesses. They also make “Firewater” aka Moonshine from fermented palm sap and sticky rice. To create palm sugar they boil down palm sap with a ratio of 100 to one.Read more