What is Palm Wine (Tuk Tnot)?
Fresh palm sap collected at dawn from sugar palm trees — mildly sweet and slightly fermented.
- Price range: $0.50–1
- Spice level: No spice
- Best cities to try it: Kampong Speu, Kampong Cham, Battambang
- Buy fresh in the morning for non-alcoholic sweetness, or in the afternoon for a mildly fermented version.
Palm Wine (Tuk Tnot)
$0.50–1ទឹកត្នោត
Tuk Tnot (palm wine) is collected daily from the flower buds of Cambodia's iconic sugar palm trees. Expert palm climbers scale the tall trees at dawn to collect the fresh sap in bamboo containers. When fresh, the juice is sweet, nutritious, and non-alcoholic. Left to sit for a few hours, it begins to ferment into a mildly alcoholic wine. Further fermentation produces palm vinegar. The sugar palm is Cambodia's national tree and appears on the coat of arms.
Key Ingredients
- palm tree sap
Dietary Information
Insider Tip
Buy fresh in the morning for non-alcoholic sweetness, or in the afternoon for a mildly fermented version.
Frequently Asked Questions
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