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Bahamas

I have 2 sourced drinks connected to Bahamas. The label on each card says how: where it began, what the country is known for, what people drink there, or where the origin is disputed.

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Bahamas on the world map. Boundaries are generalized Natural Earth data.

Drinks of Bahamas

Signature drinks and regional ones, with the evidence behind each. A drink marked non-alcoholic has no alcohol in the traditional serve.

  • Illustration of Goombay Smash: golden orange, clear to slightly hazy, in a chilled tall sling glass with a gentle curve.

    Goombay Smash

    Green Turtle Cay, Abaco

    OriginSignature drink

    A fruity rum drink from Miss Emily's Blue Bee Bar on Green Turtle Cay. Difford's version shakes gold rum, coconut rum, apricot liqueur, pineapple, orange and lime juice, with Angostura bitters, over ice in a sling glass. The garnish is a pineapple wedge and an orange slice.

    Emily Cooper, known as Miss Emily, created it at the Blue Bee Bar in New Plymouth, Green Turtle Cay. Difford's says the name comes from the annual Goombay Summer Festival and gives no exact creation date. Her daughter Violet Smith still runs the bar and serves it.

    Made with: rum, coconut rum, apricot liqueur, pineapple juice, orange juice, lime juice.

    Confidence: mediumEvidence: diffordsguide.com (opens in a new tab)

  • Illustration of Sky Juice: milky cloudy white, smooth, in a halved coconut shell.

    Sky Juice

    IconicRegional drink

    A milky Bahamian drink of gin, coconut water and sweetened condensed milk, spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon. It is served over ice and drunk through a straw. Bahamians often have it after supper or with conch fritters.

    Tru Bahamian Food Tours says the drink dates to the early 20th century, during Prohibition, when gin was affordable for poorer islanders, and that bartenders at Goldie's Conch House coined the name Sky Juice. The article does not say the drink began there. Wikipedia lists the combination of coconut water or milk, condensed or evaporated milk and gin or rum without giving a date.

    Made with: gin or white rum, coconut water, sweetened condensed milk, nutmeg, cinnamon.

    Confidence: mediumEvidence: trubahamianfoodtours.com (opens in a new tab), en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

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