Hi Teresa, salamat for reading! What you taste is probably correct~ In one of the articles I read, it mentions soil in Negros Oriental having similar qualities to Hawaii, which is sometimes credited to having the best soil for sugarcane. Even a friend says that sugar tastes more complex in the Visayas compared to Luzon. So.. I suppose like wine and coffee, terroir comes into play with sugarcane, too :)
As for the Iloilo textile industry, Loney imported cheaper, machine-made British textiles to the area, which displaced a lot of the local weaving industry, especially women. So some migrated from Panay Island (where Iloilo is) to Negros hopeful for work because of the more lucrative booming sugar industry.
While I'm not well-read on Iloilo's textile history, it has (is?) been referred to as the textile capital. I read somewhere briefly they had looms producing pina, abaca and silk.
Hi Teresa, salamat for reading! What you taste is probably correct~ In one of the articles I read, it mentions soil in Negros Oriental having similar qualities to Hawaii, which is sometimes credited to having the best soil for sugarcane. Even a friend says that sugar tastes more complex in the Visayas compared to Luzon. So.. I suppose like wine and coffee, terroir comes into play with sugarcane, too :)
As for the Iloilo textile industry, Loney imported cheaper, machine-made British textiles to the area, which displaced a lot of the local weaving industry, especially women. So some migrated from Panay Island (where Iloilo is) to Negros hopeful for work because of the more lucrative booming sugar industry.
While I'm not well-read on Iloilo's textile history, it has (is?) been referred to as the textile capital. I read somewhere briefly they had looms producing pina, abaca and silk.
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