There are a lot of other flavour compounds at work that could be gumming up your senses, not allowing you taste the cane sugar. But my guess is that you've never had true cane sugar before (just like most people have never had true brown sugar ). Mass-produced brown sugar you buy in stores is simply processed white sugar and molasses, completely different from true brown sugar.
If you ever have the chance, try some raw sugars from places like Mauritius. There are many kinds, but they all come from sugar cane and their taste profile is wildly different. The "kind" of sugar depends on what stage of process it was taken. My personal favourite is molasses sugar [1].
If you ever have the chance, try some raw sugars from places like Mauritius. There are many kinds, but they all come from sugar cane and their taste profile is wildly different. The "kind" of sugar depends on what stage of process it was taken. My personal favourite is molasses sugar [1].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molasses_sugar