Island Drink · Infused Rum
Rhum Arrangé (Malagasy Infused Rum)
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Bottles of rhum arrangé are typically left to steep with fruit, spices or vanilla for weeks or months, turning clear cane rum into a deeply colored, syrupy infusion.
Sugarcane rum is bottled with fresh fruit, spices, vanilla pods or ginger and left to infuse, producing a sweet, potent drink that's a fixture of bars and beach kiosks on Nosy Be and along the northern coast.
Why it's made this way: Sugarcane grows across Madagascar and vanilla is one of the island's signature crops, so rhum arrangé became the local way to bottle both together, and Nosy Be's bars made it a visitor staple.
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