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Bagasse comes from sugar cane, this the main material used in the rum production. After having the rum which has a high percentage of alcohol the liquid is kept in casks in a room to be matured. In Medine sugar estate located in the west side of Mauritius near the coast, there is a rum distillery which is open to public and it is explained and shown how sugar and rum is produced. A large part of Mauritius Island land is cultivated with sugar cane which has been introduced during colonisation of the island. Before the island was colonised, it was just covered of green forest and vegetation which is disappearing with time.
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