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Brown Sugar Production Techniques

Brown Sugar Production Technique is as follows:

The non-heritage of Brown Sugar Production Technique includes: traditional craftsmanship, selection of raw materials, manual operation and cultural inheritance.

Expansion of knowledge:

1, traditional craft

Brown sugar is a traditional Chinese sugar, made by traditional craft. The traditional craft is based on the basic elements of respecting nature, following the seasons, and manual operation, with attention to detail and skillful techniques, thus ensuring the quality and taste of brown sugar.

2. Selection of raw materials

Quality raw materials are the key to making delicious brown sugar. Brown sugar is mainly made from sugar cane and sugar beet. Sugar cane needs to be chosen to grow in sunny, well-watered places with fertile soil; beets need to be chosen after selecting, peeling and slicing high-quality raw materials.

3, manual operation

The traditional brown sugar production process needs to be completed by hand, including squeezing, clarification, boiling, packaging and other links. Among them, the boiling process requires adjusting the fire and time according to different seasons and weather to ensure that the sugar juice is not burnt, not too sweet or too light, and has a uniform color.

4, cultural inheritance

The non-legacy of brown sugar production process is one of the representatives of China's intangible cultural heritage, and its inheritance process covers many important cultural elements and values. The inheritors need to explore in practice, combine the traditional craft with modern technology, inject fresh blood under the premise of quality assurance, and promote the inheritance and development of brown sugar craft.

5. Brown Sugar Culture

Brown sugar, as a traditional food with strong regional characteristics, not only satisfies people's appetite, but also closely linked to the local cultural heritage. For example, "Sanbao" brown sugar in Guilin, Guangxi is made from sugarcane juice and inherits the folk culture of Guilin through manual operation; "Yi Family Brown Sugar" in Weishan County, Yunnan is characterized by the winter "Machang", which reflects the culture of the Yi ethnic group and the culture of the Yi ethnic group. The "Yi Family Brown Sugar" in Weishan County, Yunnan Province, is characterized by the winter "hemp field", which reflects the unique farming culture of the Yi people.

With social changes and economic development, industrialized brown sugar has become popular. Compared with the traditional process, the industrialized production of brown sugar production efficiency, low cost, but due to the choice of raw materials and processing methods, often the taste and quality can not be compared with the traditional brown sugar.