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Sugarcane Spirits
Sugarcane spirits are distilled from taadi fermented from sugarcane sap - either raw or having been boiled into treacle.
Sidhu, also called laahan, or Indian sugarcane rum, has been distilled from raw sugarcane sap in India since the thirteenth century, or before.
Agricole Rum has been distilled from raw sugarcane sap in Martinique, and other parts of Overseas France, since the nineteenth century.
Batavia Arrack has been distilled from raw sugarcane sap, with a small amount of aromatic Java rice, in Indoneseia since the seventeenth century, or before.
True Rums have been distilled from treacle taadi, also called fermented molasses, in the Caribbean since the seventeenth century. Ancient Indian texts identify molasses spirits as gaudi.
Thai Arrack is distilled from molasses taadi that has been fermented with the additon of a small amount of glutinous rice and an even smaller amount of aromatic botanical ingredients.
