Glossary entry

Japanese term or phrase:

黒糖液

English translation:

brown sugar syrup

Added to glossary by Bree Salmon
Aug 8, 2010 06:08
13 yrs ago
Japanese term

黒糖液

Japanese to English Other Cooking / Culinary Cooking
Listed as one of the ingredients on a label.
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Proposed translations

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brown sugar liquid

Peer comment(s):

disagree ykamada : The subject item is fine row sugar from Okinawa, but brown sugar is a bi-product left over from sugar process.
1 day 17 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Your answer is the closest, but after conferring with the client and the almighty Google, we decided on "brown sugar syrup". "
12 mins

raw sugar (liquid form)

Took some looking up for this, but 黒糖 is also written 黒砂糖、which is raw, unrefined sugar. The following links show how they're connected in the Infoseek dictionary.

The 液 part just makes it liquid form.
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7 hrs

molasses

I think this is referring to molasses. It is commonly available in North America, but not readily available in Japan, as far as I know. I think people primarily use it in baking.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/糖蜜
Peer comment(s):

agree Catherine Dawson
11 mins
disagree ykamada : Molasses and the subject of items are not the same ones.
1 day 13 hrs
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8 hrs

muscovado syrup

--- Molasses (Japanese: 糖蜜) is a viscous "byproduct" of the processing of sugar cane or sugar beets into sugar.

--- The accurate English definition of 黒砂糖 is "muscovado" (although it is casually known as "brown sugar).

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/黒砂糖
黒砂糖(くろざとう)とは、サトウキビの絞り汁を煮詰めて作る黒褐色の砂糖である。甘味料として用いる。別名に黒糖(こくとう)、マスコヴァド (英: muscovado) や、産地の奄美大島から称される大島糖(おおしまとう)などがある。
黒砂糖をbrown sugarと訳している和英辞典もあるが、これは多少糖蜜を残して精製した三温糖や赤砂糖、主にコーヒー用に用いる結晶状のコーヒーシュガーなどのことである。

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovado
Muscovado
Muscovado is a type of unrefined brown sugar with a strong molasses flavor.

---Here is a website for “Mayfair – the ingredients experts” featuring many types of sugars some of which are muscovado syrups:
http://www.mayfairfoods.com/sugars.htm

--- Muscovado syrup has a special flavor and used as an ingredient in cooking, baking, mixing drinks, etc. Here it talks about using it for mixing drinks:
http://www.adashofbitters.com/category/ingredients/syrups/
To my palate, the Muscovado syrup seems a little strong for most ingredients. It works best with a punchy whiskey, like a bonded rye, so I’ve been saving it primarily for Old Fashioneds and other whiskey cocktails. It occurs to me, though, that I haven’t played with it in a daiquiri. With the right rum, that might be worth trying.

Peer comment(s):

agree ykamada : Great resources.
1 day 12 hrs
Thank you, Yasuko!
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