Hot Water Beaches in Dominica
Unlike other countries in the West Indies like Saint Lucia and Barbados, Dominica does not have the quintessential white sand beaches that tourists visit the region for. As such, the...
Peanut Punch and Sea Moss Punch History
Many people familiar with Caribbean cocktails often assume that “punch” as a libation refers exclusively to a modern take on the historic citrus based punches made by the plantocracy and served from...
Coffee Varieties Across the Caribbean
Coffee Beans are seeds from plants in the coffea genus. There are several species within this genus, but the most well-known and commercially important are coffea arabica which is generally...
Coquito and Kremas: Christmas Coconut Punches
All across the Caribbean, creamy alcoholic beverages are an important part of Christmas celebrations. The most widespread of these is Ponche Creme, a drink made with rum, eggs, and condensed milk that is...
Sky Juice – The Heavenly Bahamian Cocktail
The Bahamian beverage known as Sky Juice is among the most peculiar Caribbean cocktails. Like many of its contemporaries, it relies on a clear spirit, and utilizes three ingredients. What...
Christmas in the Southern Caribbean Means Ponche Creme
There are certain elements of Trinbagonian culture that are associated exclusively with the Holiday season and no other time of year. Parang, a style of Spanish folk music, only begins to...
How Flip Landed in the Caribbean as Stout Punch
Stout Punch is a popular beverage in the West Indies that is ordered at bars, blended at home, or batched as a bottled cocktail and taken to the beach. It...
Visiting the House of Angostura in Trinidad
In most of the Caribbean, visiting a rum distillery is easy. Islands like Barbados, Jamaica, and Martinique have many rum companies that offer in-depth tours, and in some cases even...
The Trinidad Stout Trinity: Guinness, Mackeson, & Royal Extra
Rum is often seen as the libation of choice in the Caribbean; whether aged in oak casks and sipped neat, or one of the many styles of white rum designed to be...