Guarapo & palm honey

Palm honey, a typical product of the island, is also noteworthy. Here in my valley they grow a lot of palms to extract guarapo from it, to produce palm honey.

The procedure for obtaining palm honey is as follows:

- First, the palm is peeled from the top to extract the sap.

- After a while, the sap begins to flow through a reed split in half and falls into the bucket provided for this purpose.

- The next day, before the sun rises, the bucket is lowered from the palm tree and taken to a cauldron where it will be heated.

- After about two hours, the guarapo (palm sap) begins to boil and caramelizes as it loses moisture, until it reaches a point where it becomes the well-known palm honey.

-At the end of the season, the palm is left to rest for at least five years. After this time, the extraction process can be repeated again.

In the town you can visit the Casa de la Miel de Palma, an Interpretation Centre where you can learn about the Canary Island palm and the guarapeo culture.Read more