Roberto Gonzalez
The sweetness of the rum of Guayaba
Who can go to Cuba and resist tasting rum? What if the rum is sweet and amber color and is only made in one place in the world? In Pinar del Rio, in a side street in the center, Isabel Rubio, 189 workers in a factory distil a secret recipe sweet and dry versions of the city's flagship liqueur, guava rum, a dwarf variety, but more fragrant guava we all know. The lady at the entrance arranged a free tour of the factory. It shows the process. In the end, there's a small shop, where rum is oddly more expensive than in the rest of the island. We got a few bottles of tasty, sweet rum, to take only
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