Tanzhou White Sugarcane

Tanzhou White Sugarcane

　　Panyu District is famous for its sugarcane production and is known as the “Sugar Capital,” while the white sugarcane produced in Tanzhou Town is especially renowned both in China and abroad. Tanzhou White Sugarcane features a pale greenish-white color, thin skin, crisp flesh, abundant sweet juice, and minimal fibers, making it suitable to be eaten as a fruit. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting saliva production, and quenching thirst.

　　 Guangdong Tanzhou White Sugarcane is also known as Tanzhou Big Cane, and its name originates from Tanzhou Town in Panyu. It has the longest planting history in Yali Village, Maqian Village, and Longgu Village in Tanzhou Town. It is said that the most authentic Tanzhou White Sugarcane comes from just over an acre of land in front of the “General’s Temple” in Maqian Village on the outskirts of the town, where the quality is considered the best.

　　 Panyu District is famous for its sugarcane production and is known as the “Sugar Capital,” while the white sugarcane produced in Tanzhou—a local specialty town—is especially renowned both in China and abroad. Tanzhou White Sugarcane features a pale greenish-white color, thin skin, crisp flesh, abundant sweet juice, and minimal fibers, making it suitable to be eaten as a fruit. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting saliva production, and quenching thirst.

　　 Guangdong Tanzhou White Sugarcane stalks are tall, with a stalk diameter generally ranging from 2.6 to 2.8 centimeters, and up to 3–4 centimeters for thicker ones. The plants grow to heights of 3.2–4.5 meters, yielding 10–13 tons per mu. Celebrated for their distinctive emerald-green color, thin skin, crisp flesh, juicy and refreshing taste, sweet aftertaste, and minimal fibers, they are widely loved. They are famed for being so tender that “a single jade-like cane will shatter instantly upon falling to the ground.” Their juice is sweet and mild, making it an excellent choice for reducing heat, moisturizing dryness, and promoting saliva production. It has long been well-known both domestically and internationally, and is popularly sold in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau.