Palm wine

Tapping

!Toddy collectors at work on [Cocos nucifera palms](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Toddy00crop.jpg/250px-Toddy00crop.jpg)

Tapping

!Tapping palm sap in [East Timor](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Timorpalmwine.jpg/250px-Timorpalmwine.jpg)

Tapping

The sap is extracted and collected by a tapper. Typically the sap is collected from the cut flower of the palm tree. A container is fastened to the flower stump to collect the sap. The white liquid that initially collects tends to be very sweet and non-alcoholic before it is fermented). An alternative method is the felling of the entire tree. Where this is practised, a fire is sometimes lit at the cut end to facilitate the collection of sap.

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