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Sugar - coconut and palm

Kanga Japan
in Thai Language

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I am trying to confirm where coconut and palm sugar in Thailand are obtained. There seems to be some confusion. My understanding is:

COCONUT SUGAR - NAM TAM MAPHRAO (น้ำตาลมะพร้าว)

Tree used: Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)

Sugar obtained from: sap of the flower buds, or sometimes the tree itself

PALM SUGAR/COCONUT PALM SUGAR - NAM TAM PIP (น้ำตาลปี๊บ)

Tree used: Borassus (Palmyra palm) and Aranga pinnata (sugar palm)

Sugar obtained from: sap of the flower buds, or sometimes the tree itself

Can someone advise if both of these sugars are obtained from both the sap of the flower buds and the tree, or only one?

Thank you for your help.

According to Mrs. Pla shado, the sap from both the tree and the flower buds is used to make palm and coconut sugar. Additional confirmation would be appreciated however.

Also, I believe that the pronunciation of น้ำตาล is (nam dtaan or nam tan) rather than nam tam.

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Dear Pla shado and Mrs. Pla shado,

Thank you for your information. I will wait to see if anyone else can confirm this.

Also, thank you for the correction. NAM TAM was a typing error.

Much appreciated.

  • 9 years later...
On 7/28/2015 at 12:31 PM, Kanga Japan said:

I am trying to confirm where coconut and palm sugar in Thailand are obtained. There seems to be some confusion. My understanding is:

COCONUT SUGAR - NAM TAM MAPHRAO (น้ำตาลมะพร้าว)

Tree used: Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)

Sugar obtained from: sap of the flower buds, or sometimes the tree itself

PALM SUGAR/COCONUT PALM SUGAR - NAM TAM PIP (น้ำตาลปี๊บ)

Tree used: Borassus (Palmyra palm) and Aranga pinnata (sugar palm)

Sugar obtained from: sap of the flower buds, or sometimes the tree itself

Can someone advise if both of these sugars are obtained from both the sap of the flower buds and the tree, or only one?

Thank you for your help.

Today I tried to say Tam and it was not understood. I had to go to Google translate and find natal. That was known

On 2/23/2025 at 11:17 AM, altayvan said:

Today I tried to say Tam and it was not understood. I had to go to Google translate and find natal. That was known

 

If you pronounced natal the way you wrote it here, I am surprised that they understood it.

 

Perhaps you showed them the Thai translation of sugar on your phone.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place

 

Today I said "Hua". They interpreted it as Wan-sweet. 

 

So I'm just gonna say sweet instead now I can't get the word sugar right 

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