Mauby

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Mauby (also mavi in Puerto Rico, or mabi) is a drink that is widely consumed in the Caribbean. It is made with sugar and the bark of Colubrina elliptica, a small tree native to the northern Caribbean and south Florida. Recipies usually include other spices as well, aniseed being very common. In some islands the drink is fermented using a portion of the previous batch, while in others it is consumed unfermented. Mauby is often bought as a pre-made syrup and then mixed with water (sparkling or still) to the consumer's taste, but many still make it themselves at home. It has a sweet medicinal flavour and leaves a bitter after taste, to many it is an acquired taste.

Mauby Fizz is a commercially produced and carbonated version of the drink produced in Trinidad and Tobago from mauby bark. It is unfermented. A similar version is also produced in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines called Hairoun Mauby.

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• Mauby, please! - Sheldon J. Yearwood, Trinidad Guardian
• Mmmm… Mauby! description and general information, from slakethirst.com
• Making Mauby a recipe for making mauby at home, from slakethirst.com