Spring is here, and in the Caribbean that can only mean one thing: RUM!
(Okay, any season is a good for enjoying rum, but follow me a bit on this, please…)
Spring is the traditional harvest time for sugar cane in the Caribbean. Known as La Zafra in Spanish-speaking countries, the harvest period actually begins in January/February and extends into May, allowing for plenty of time to develop the molasses by-product of sugar production so essential to most producing most of our favorite rums.
It’s fitting, then, that this is also about the time when all rum lovers everywhere should be gearing up to head to South Florida for the annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival.