Coconut Palm Sugar
Along both sides of Mae Klong Bang Pae route, the profession of making home-made palm sugar is quite important. At present, visitors often stop to see the stoves that are used in making palm sugar. There are many kinds of stoves (or Tao) that are used in making palm sugar, such as Tao Waan, Tao Tan Dee, and Tao Thai Derm. In the morning, villagers climb a coconut tree to retrieve coconut nectar collected in containers made from cut-bamboo sections that were hung overnight from the coconut trees. The nectar is boiled in a large pan until it turns brown and dry. The boiling time is between 08.30. 14.00. Some parts of the sugar palm could be made into a fresh palm juice, which is also a famous beverage.