On the way to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Ratchaburi Province, many tourists would stop by at Samut Songkhram to see how the locals make the coconut sugar which is one of the famous products of the province.
The freshly made coconut sugar sweets like rich caramel with a strong pleasurable sweet aroma. Lending a special rich creamy flavour and good smell to most kinds of Thai sweets as well as enhancing the taste of curries, the coconut sugar is perhaps the most suitable types of sugar for our Thai recipes.
It is to be regretted that nowadays the processed sugar made from sugarcane like brown and refined sugar has replaced the traditional all-natural coconut sugar. It is partly because of the coconut sugar is small scale work that requires manual labour and good teamwork.