Along the two sides of the village road, bagasse is dried.

Along the two sides of the village road, bagasse is dried. This residue, after drying, returns to the stove to change firewood. Around the village, bees buzz and alight on the kitchen, on the ground, on the shoulders, and even on hair of molasses makers as an introduction to the traditional profession of the people here.

No one knows when the profession of cooking molasses in Tan Son started. They just know that, when the U50s and U60s in the village were born, they saw their parents make molasses.

A woman cooks molasses.

In the past, every household in Tan Son cooks molasses. Over time, the village has only 2 households following this profession.

"Ten years ago, to make molasses needed to use human power. Even, farmers had to use the strength of cattle to produce. Perhaps, it is reason that many people gave up this profession", Nguyen Phu Thao, a molasses maker said.

Today, thanks to the application of technology in the stages of cooking molasses, local people in Tan Son Village do not have to lose their strength too much.

People applied technology in the stages of cooking molasses.

To create thick and fragrant molasses drops, it must go through many stages. Firstly, sugarcane trees are harvested and pressed to extract the water and then put it in a pan to boil on a continuous stove. When it boils, people will use a racket with curtain cloth net to remove and impurities. The pure sugarcane juice boiled during 2 - 3 hours will get the standard finished molasses.

In particular, the process of crystallizing sugarcane juice is the complicated. The cook must have stirring experience to yields dark, viscous blackstrap molasses. The quality of molasses depends on the source of raw materials. The sweeter the sugarcane, the sweeter the molasses.

Molasses after cooking will harvest 2 products: brown rock sugar and molasses drops.

In Tan Son, molasses after cooking will harvest 2 products: brown rock sugar and molasses drops. The selling price of these products ranges from VND20,000 to VND23,000 per kg.

The molasses making season in Tan Son usually starts from October, (when the sugar cane is sweet) and lasts until March next year. This is also the Lunar New Year, so the molasses consumption is promoted both inside and outside the province.