Muscovado

sugars-brown-sugar Demarara, Turbinado, Cane Sugar, Muscovado
sugars-brown-sugar Demarara, Turbinado, Cane Sugar, Muscovado

A type of unrefined brown sugar with a strong molasses flavor, although it is not made by combining molasses with white sugar.: Also known as “Barbados sugar” or “moist sugar,” it is very dark brown and slightly coarser and stickier than most brown sugars. Unlike most other brown sugars, which are made by adding molasses to refined white sugar, muscovado takes its flavor and color from its source, sugarcane juice. This is a flavor that can be found in the sweetness of dry-processed or pulp natural coffees, mostly. Also see Panela sugar from Colombia

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