A journey to the sugar land part 3 – a tour of a working hacienda
After a night of drinks, food, and lots of catching up the night before, we woke up at 6:00 am the next morning just in time to join Mike during his daily morning inspection of the farm. He drove the tractor while we stood in the small trailer behind him. I didn’t realize just how...
A journey to the sugar land part 2 – how sugar is produced
Part 1 After the impurities settle, the clear juice is transferred to the first of a series of metal vats where the juice’s water content is continuously boiled off. The juice goes through eight vats, with the juice transferred to the next vat after about 50% of the water has boiled off. The juice gets...
Journey to the sugar land part 1 – getting to Antique, intro to sugar production
While a friend inviting you to visit his place is a common enough occurrence, that said “place” being a functional hacienda is not quite as common. My friends and I got to visit Mike’s home in Patnongon, Antique last March and stayed there overnight. Funny thing is that I basically invited myself along We caught...









