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Panela and Sugarcane

Panela

Agricultural region

Colombia is among the largest producers and by far the largest consumer per head of PANELA โ€” whole cane sugar, boiled down in open pans at a TRAPICHE and set in blocks. โš  IT IS A PEASANT INDUSTRY, not an industrial one: tens of thousands of small trapiches, chiefly in Santander, Boyacรก, Cundinamarca and Antioquia, and it is among the largest rural employers in the country. From it: AGUAPANELA, hot or cold with lime, drunk with cheese dropped in, and given to the sick and to children as the default household drink; the sweetening of coffee, chocolate, guarapo and every dessert; and the arequipe. Separately, industrial CANE SUGAR is grown on the flat Cauca valley at a very different scale.

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Communities and languages

Languages: Spanish

What is recorded

  • Colombia is among the largest producers of panela and has among the highest per-capita consumption in the world. Production is dispersed across many thousands of small trapiches and is among the largest sources of rural employment in the country, which distinguishes it from the industrial cane sugar of the Cauca valley. documented

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