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Moving Haiti's rustic, rum-like clairin to market

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In this June 17, 2017, photo, R...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017, photo, Ronald Sincere, 20, cuts sugar cane on the Aubry farm in a rural area of Leogane, Haiti. The men migrated from Petit Goave to work year-round on this farm, about 45 minutes away by car, earning 800 gourdes, or about $12.50 dollars for each truck they fill with cane. The men said they manage to fill one truck in two days, which is used to make clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 16, 2017 photo, wo...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 16, 2017 photo, workers walk through a field of bagasse, the sugar cane fiber left over after its juice is extracted, on a farm where they work at the Ti Jean distillery to make clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink, in Leogane, Haiti. Workers live rent-free in a village on the farm but pay for their own food on a salary of 800 gourds, or $12.50 dollars for each truck they load with cut sugar cane. Workers say they're able to fill one truck in two days. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, Je...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, Jerry Joseph, 33, lies on the ground while they take a break from cutting sugar cane on the Aubry farm in a rural area of Leogane, Haiti. The men migrated from Petit Goave to work year-round on this farm, about 45 minutes away by car, earning 800 gourdes, or about $12.50 dollars for each truck they fill with cane. The men said they manage to fill one truck in two days, which is used to make clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 16, 2017 photo, Ba...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 16, 2017 photo, Batel Delciner, 23, removes wood from a furnace to lower the heat cooking sugar juice at the Ti Jean distillery, which produces clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink, in Leogane, Haiti. The broth is cooked for about four hours after a fermentation period of four to eight days. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 16, 2017 photo, Bi...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 16, 2017 photo, Billoux Augustin 20, put sugar canes to a grinding machine at the Ti Jean distillery where a sugar-based alcoholic drink called clairin is made in Leogane, Haiti. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, Ba...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, Batel Delciner 23, drinks moonshine at the Ti Jean distillery, which produces clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink, in Leogane, Haiti. The broth is cooked for about four hours after a fermentation period of four to eight days. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 19, 2017 photo, a ...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 19, 2017 photo, a view of the Ti Jean distillery, which produces clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink, in Leogane, Haiti. The broth is cooked for about four hours after a fermentation period of four to eight days. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, Batel Delciner 23, takes water to cool down the moonshine at the Ti Jean distillery, which produces clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink, in Leogane, Haiti. The broth is cooked for about four hours after a fermentation period of four to eight days. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 19, 2017 photo, wo...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 19, 2017 photo, workers play after work at the Ti Jean distillery, which produces clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink, in Leogane, Haiti. The broth is cooked for about four hours after a fermentation period of four to eight days. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, a ...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, a worker sells moonshine, a sugar-based drink known as clairin at the Ti Jean distillery in Leogane, Haiti. Clairin, or kleren as it's known in Haitian Creole, is the rustic cousin of Haiti's most famous export: Barbancourt rum. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 22, 2017 photo, Tr.../Dieu Nalio Chery) Kenscoff HTI

In this June 22, 2017 photo, Trankil Mario, a street vendor fixes a bottle as he sells clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink, in Kenscoff, Haiti. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Kenscoff HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, Ro...o/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

In this June 17, 2017 photo, Ronald Sincere, 20, right, lights his cigarette from that of Medez Cazeau, 42, as they take a break from cutting sugar cane on the Aubry farm in a rural area of Leogane, Haiti. The men migrated from Petit Goave to work year-round on this farm, about 45 minutes away by car, earning 800 gourdes, or about $12.50 dollars for each truck they fill with cane. The men said they manage to fill one truck in two days, which is used to make clairin, a sugar-based alcoholic drink. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI

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