Cuban booze: Guayabita del Pinar
Cuba’s famous for rum and rum drinks. Mojitos, daiquiris and Cuba Libres are everywhere, especially everywhere there’s tourists. But I’ve got another local favorite: Guayabita del Pinar. Guayabita means “little guava.” The deal is, in the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba, there’s a particular tree whose berries are tiny guavas. They’re about the size of a blueberry. And someone got the bright idea of…
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