Tag: Sugar

Wasanbontô – Rare Japanese Sugar

Wasanbontô Naturally refined Sugar. Produced in eastern Shikoku by cooking down Sugar Cane juice with an addition of Lime, letting it crystalize, pressed to remove molasses, kneaded with addition of water to remove more molasses, pressed and kneaded until deemed finished. This is then dried in a small block and sold broken up, mainly to… Continue reading Wasanbontô – Rare Japanese Sugar

Amami 甘味 Sweetness

This Chapter concentrates on Sweeteners like Sugar, Mirin and Honey but also includes historic ones like Amazura, a Syrup which was known during the Heian period but the knowledge of which got lost already during the Edo period.