refining, and therefore have a more complex flavor than pure sucrose There are several basic kinds of brown sugars Factory Brown Sugars “Factory” brown sugars were originally produced during the initial processing of the cane juice into unrefined sugar These include demerara, turbinado, and muscovado sugars Demerara (named after a region in Guyana) came from the first crystallization stage of light cane juice, and took the form of sticky, large, yellow-gold crystals Turbinado was raw sugar partly washed of its molasses coat during the centrifugation, also yellow-gold and large but not as sticky as demerara Muscovado was the product of the final crystallization from the dark mother liquor (p 675); it was brown, small-grained, sticky, and strong-flavored Refinery Brown Sugars Today, these evocative names of factory sugars are often applied to a different product, brown sugars produced at the refinery using raw sugar as the starting material, not the cane juice All ordinary brown sugar is also made in this way There are two ways to make refinery brown sugars: redissolving the raw sugar in a syrup of some kind and then recrystallizing it, so that it retains some of the syrup on its crystal surfaces; or refining the raw sugar all the way to pure white sugar, and then coating or “painting” its surfaces with a thin film of syrup or molasses The basic difference between factory and refinery brown sugars is that true factory sugars retain more of the flavor of the original cane juice, including green, fresh, and vegetable-ocean aromas (from hexanol, acetaldehyde, and dimethyl sulfide) Both kinds have an important vinegar aroma (from acetic acid), as well as caramel and buttery notes (the buttery one from diacetyl, indeed found in butter), and salty and bitter tastes ... sugar in a syrup of some kind and then recrystallizing it, so that it retains some of the syrup on its crystal surfaces; or refining the raw sugar all the way to pure white sugar, and then coating... of syrup or molasses The basic difference between factory and refinery brown sugars is that true factory sugars retain more of the flavor of the original cane juice, including green, fresh, and. .. vegetable-ocean aromas (from hexanol, acetaldehyde, and dimethyl sulfide) Both kinds have an important vinegar aroma (from acetic acid), as well as caramel and buttery notes (the buttery one from diacetyl, indeed