How to Trapiche

What You Need to Know

A trapiche is a mill made of wooden rollers used to extract juice from fruit, originally olives, and since the Middle Ages, sugar cane as well. By extension the word is also sometimes applied to the location of the mill, whether the workshop or the entire plantation.

Steps

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   Panela (Colombia): Trapiche is used to extract sugarcane juice which is then evaporated to create unrefined sugar blocks

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   Guarapo (Dominican Republic): Fresh sugarcane juice extracted via trapiche, often fermented into an alcoholic beverage

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   Olive oil (Mediterranean): Original use of trapiche for pressing olives to extract oil

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