Coconut flower sugar, a natural sweetener made from coconut palm sap. The sap (or nectar) is collected from the flower bud stem of the coconut palm tree. Coconut palm trees have been used for sugar production for centuries using highly sophisticated techniques of “tapping.” This process has been practiced in Southeast Asia, including locations such as Indonesia, for hundreds years. Today, the process of making coconut flower sugar involves collecting the sap, and then boiling and dehydrating it, causing the water to evaporate. This leaves behind small, brown, sweet granules.
