If you squint, you might mistake these waterside streets for a tiny village in Massachusetts. But in this other Plymouth, the history is a very different one. Some 1,300 miles as the crow flies to the south-southeast from Plymouth, Mass. is another Plymouth — one hidden away in the Abaco islands. This little town on the […]
There are few better ways to spend an afternoon in the Caribbean than sitting on the beach with a ti’ punch. It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of this oh-so-simple, oh-so-spectacular cocktail, made of rhum agricole, a quarter lime and cane sugar. This is how you kick back in Martinique, in this case with […]
Another take on a Caribbean classic GRAND CASE — There is another way to make a Ti’ Punch, the simplest, purest, greatest cocktail in the West Indies. The usual way is with brown sugar, lime and rhum agricole blanc. Or, perhaps simple syrup in lieu of the sugar. But Philippe Auger, who has managed the bar […]
Above: a Ti’ Punch in Terre de Haut, Guadeloupe (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell No matter where you are in the West Indies, you will find rum punch. And it is almost always perfect, except when a few too many bitters steal their way in. In Puerto Rico, the Pina Colada is king, […]
