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Cane Juice

September 19th 2009 14:58
"Guarapo" is the process of pressing the cane into a machine to get the sugar cane juice. In Brazil is called hand press. Garapa (var. Guarapa) is the Brazilian Portuguese term for the juice of raw sugar cane. Also known as "guarapo", "guarapo de caña" or "jugo de guarapo" in various dialects of Spanish like Puerto Rico. Sugar cane juice is obtained by crushing peeled sugar cane in a small hand- or electric mill.
Guarapo Press Mill


The drink is often served cold with a squeeze of lemon (in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba), pineapple (Brazil), passionfruit and ginger. Goya is selling in a can if you will like to try it! Beware before you try it, the guarapo has very high sugar content it is rich in calories. Guarapo juice is the primary source of sugar cane derivatives such as raw sugar (obtained by evaporation and refining), cachaça or "caninha" and ethanol.
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Comment by Anonymous

April 13th 2010 23:16
The description here has several big inaccuracies. Guarapo does not refer to the "process" of extracting sugar cane juice, it is the name in Spanish for the juice itself. The stuff sold in cans from Goya is mostly brown sugar mixed with water, which is hardly sugarcane juice. The admonishment to "beware" before drinking guarapo because it has "very high" sugar content is also silly: it is slightly sweeter than orange juice. Note to all, the taste of guarapo is like tropical fruit, like a melange of overripe banana and melon.

Comment by Anonymous

May 25th 2010 00:07
Hola,me llamo Ernesto,soy del pueblo de patillas en ese hermoso barrio llamado lamboglia,donde con mucho orgullo borincano mis abuelos y mi querida madre me criaron junto a mis hermano\nas, hoy dia tengo 41 a~os y como extra~o esos tiempos tan tipico de uno delos campos maravillosos,le pido a Dios que con todas nuestras fuerzas y con empe~o, nos ayude a mantener y respetar nuestra tradicion, con mucho amor a nuestra patria borrinque~a y que viva Puerto Rico hoy ma~ana y siempre.

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