Different Caribbeans
How the region became heterogeneous.
My wife and I were talking about going to the Clément distillery in Martinique. There, they make rhum agricole, distilled from sugarcane juice; this is different from the common practice in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, where rum is distilled from molasses. This island is 435.03 miles (700.11km) from San Juan, Puerto Rico, where we live. While checkin…
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