Sugar

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These pictures demonstrate one method of making sugar from sugar cane in Aracuai. The field in the background is sugar cane. The people under the tent are mostly watching, while 2 of the guys do the work.

This equipment runs a gear driven rolling press to squeeze the cane into juice.

This copper cauldron over a wood fire in a clay pit contains the raw cane juice that boils out the excess water.
This glass contains the deep green cane juice cooled enough to drink. It's not too sweet at this stage and actually tastes good.Here are the bricks of "rapadura", or cooled raw sugar for sale in the market for $4.00 per brick.
We'll post more pics of the market later.

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