Caribbean Mauby: Traditional Bitter Drink of the West Indies

Name: Caribbean Mauby: Traditional Bitter Drink of the West Indies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 personnes
Cuisine: Antilles — Caraïbes
Ingredients: 30 g d'écorce de mauby; 1 bâton cannelle, 2 anis étoilé, 1 muscade; 1 brin citronnelle, 1 écorce d'orange; 200 g de sucre de canne; 1 L d'eau

Recipe for Caribbean Mauby: a bitter drink made from mauby bark and spices. A refreshing West Indian speciality. Available at NKOSI.

Prep.

10 min

Cuisson

20 min

Total

480 min

Servings

4 personnes

Niveau

Facile

Cuisine

Antilles — Caraïbes

Ingrédients

30 g d'écorce de mauby
1 bâton cannelle, 2 anis étoilé, 1 muscade
1 brin citronnelle, 1 écorce d'orange
200 g de sucre de canne
1 L d'eau

Préparation

1

Faire bouillir 1 L d'eau avec l'écorce de mauby et les épices 20 minutes.
2

Filtrer le liquide obtenu.
3

Ajouter le sucre, mélanger.
4

Laisser refroidir complètement.
5

Réfrigérer 6h minimum avant de servir très frais sur glaçons.

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In brief

Mauby: a bitter Caribbean drink made from mauby bark and spices
Origin: the English-speaking West Indies, Trinidad, Barbados, popular in Guadeloupe and Martinique
Essential ingredients: mauby bark, sugar, cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg
Setting: a refreshing summer drink, digestive virtue, Caribbean markets

Origins and cultural history of Mauby

Mauby (or mavi) is an ancestral drink of the English- and Spanish-speaking West Indies. Made from the bark of the mauby tree (Colubrina elliptica), it is renowned for its digestive and fortifying properties. For the Caribbean diaspora in France, it is the memory of the markets of Roseau, Castries or Bridgetown.