Caxangá mill is located in the municipality of Ribeirão, on the right bank of the Amaragi River, and it was founded by the planters Arthur de Siqueira Cavalcanti and the brothers Ethelmino and Antônio Bastos.

Located in the current municipality of Pombos (formerly the district of Vitória de Santo Antão), it was founded in 1918

The consumption of sugarcane juice is associated to the sugarcane exploitation and to the cachaça production process, which was improved since the discovery of the sugarcane wine, known as sour garapa, soon after sugarcane was brought to Brazil in the 16th century.