Tipple

Ti Punch

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Built with: Rhum Agricole Blanc · Lime · Cane Syrup

Origin

Folk cocktail of the French Caribbean (Martinique and Guadeloupe), with no single inventor; emerged in the 19th century among sugarcane workers mixing rhum agricole with lime and cane syrup. First printed recipe is in Lafcadio Hearn's Two Years in the French West Indies (1890).

Martinique's three-ingredient ritual — rhum agricole, lime, cane syrup. Chacun prépare sa propre mort.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Rhum Agricole Blanc
  • 1 disc fresh Lime (a coin-sized slice cut from the side, with peel)
  • 1 barspoon Cane Syrup (about 0.25 oz)

Instructions

  1. Drop the cane syrup into a rocks glass.
  2. Squeeze the lime disc over the glass to express the oils, then drop it in.
  3. Add the rhum agricole.
  4. Stir briefly with a barspoon. Drink at room temperature, or add one small cube of ice.

Tips

  • "Each prepares his own death" — adjust syrup and lime to taste; there is no single ratio.
  • Cane syrup (sirop de canne) is essential; simple syrup is a poor substitute.

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