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Dominican Republic

I have one sourced drink connected to Dominican Republic. 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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Dominican Republic on the world map. Boundaries are generalized Natural Earth data.

Drinks of Dominican Republic

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

  • Illustration of Mamajuana: deep red, clear and still, like port, in a small shot glass.

    Mamajuana

    IconicSignature drink

    A Dominican drink made by steeping bark and herbs in rum, red wine and honey. It is drunk neat as a room-temperature shot and has a deep red color and a taste like port. Recipes vary by region.

    The name comes from the French dame-jeanne, a large squat bottle, and refers to that container rather than a fixed recipe. Wikipedia says the Taino prepared the herbs as a tea before Columbus and that alcohol was added after, and that Jesus Rodriguez of San Juan de la Maguana popularized it in the 1950s as a local herbal remedy. The article is tagged as needing more citations, so this history is popularly told.

    Made with: rum, red wine, honey, tree bark, herbs and spices.

    Confidence: lowEvidence: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

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