Duong phen Đường phèn
Đường phèn is rock sugar set in ceramic jars for seven days, then sun-dried and broken into crystals. White crystals taste lightly sweet and cool; yellow ones keep the smell of cane syrup.
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The Cẩm Thành ward article says đường phèn was a court tribute and recalls a workshop at Bằng Lắm in xã An Phú.
Taste
The rural-tourism article says white rock sugar is lightly sweet and cool, and yellow rock sugar keeps the cane-syrup smell and is not bleached. It also prints the local line ngọt như đường cát, mát như đường phèn.
How to enjoy it
The rural-tourism article: white factory sugar cooked with water, egg, peanut oil, and a little lime water, poured into ceramic jars set with thread baskets, then left seven days. The crystals are dried in the sun and broken.
Vietnam Airlines lists đường phèn Phổ Hòa among gifts.
Where to try it
Ba La and Vạn Tượng, along the Trà Khúc, in the rural-tourism article. The ward article places the memory of a workshop at Bằng Lắm, xã An Phú.