1892 Drinks of the world

RUM.

— Its

— Its Manufacture

of Name — Whence Procured

Derivation

Price — Trade Rum. THK etymon of the name of this spirit is some- what dubious. Some have it that it was formerly spelt (as it now is in French) Rhum, and that it is derived from rheum, or ^ei/yua, a flowing, on account of its manufacture from the juice of the sugar cane. Others say that, as rum has the strongest odour of any distilled spirit, it is a corruption of the word aroma. Rum is made from the refuse of sugar, and can, of course, be produced wherever sugar is grown. This is notably the case in the West Indies, and the best rum comes thence. The finest, and that commanding the highest price in the market, is from Jamaica Martinique and Giiadaloupe perhaps come next ; and Santa Cruz has a very good name. British Guiana, the Brazils, Natal, Queensland, and New South Wales all produce it. made from molasses and the skimmings of the It is

Molasses is the syrup remaining after

boiling sugar.

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