No visit to Trinidad would be complete without a sip or two of rum.
So in Porto Spain, we head to Angostura, internationally known for its bitters.
[Raymond] Good morning and welcome to the House of Angostura. My name is Raymond Edwards. And for this morning,
what I'm going to be doing for you, is that i'm going to create a - well, recreate - a traditional Trini Rum Punch. Alright?
Someone referred to it as the Siegert rum punch, Siegert being the name - the backroom name -
behind Angostura aromatic bitters. You know, a rum punch isn't a rum punch without Angostura aromatic bitters.
So, what I'm going to do is that I'm going to add just approximately
two ounces of our Angostura - our five year old. Alright, rum.
And what is nice about this rum is its ability to have these wonderful oaky notes. As well as....
It blends great with citrus, citrus flavors.
So I'm going to...followed by.... This is freshly squeezed lime juice.
And lime can be seasonal sometimes in Trinidad.
For example, our own this time, it's very, a little difficult, to get fresh limes.
All right, and the prices can be very, very high.
So, an ounce of lime juice. Two ounces of rum.
And I'm going to add....
You can add some sugar syrup, alright? Or you can, you can add some cane sugar, if you may.
Three ounces of - *not* three ounces, but....
Three *quarter* ounce of sugar syrup. Simple syrup.
And it's....When you're making simple syrup, it's, you know, two parts - two to one. Yeah.
Alright, I'm just gonna give this, just a little stir.
Alright.
Now. Fun parts.
I'm going to add three dashes, alright, and this is how.....
This is how you apply a bitters to your drink, you know?
You take the cap off, alright?
Now sometimes, for some bartenders, bitters can be a little messy, alright? I think that's another trademark of Angosturas, you know?
And that's how Granny found out that I drank bitters, because she did see it on my hands and it was - it stained my shirt and stuff.
So, you take off - you remove the cap - you block your hand, just like that....
And then it's one motion. You just want to get it over, alright? One, two, three dashes...
Alright....
I'm just going to add some ice.
I'm gonna add some ice, as well, to my glass, okay.
I'm just gonna cover it up. Give it a nice shake.
[Cocktail shaker sounds]
Okay.
You just wanna just want to get a nice little nose on that. [Customer] Mmmmm! Oh yeah. Smells good.
You get the aroma of the rum, you know, that's peeking out there.
You get that citrus and you get the aromatics, you know, coming in.
And I'm just gonna - I just want to strain this out.
Okay, don't want to dilute it at all. Which is, I mean, dilution is not bad....
I'm just gonna ..... strain this out......
Okay.
And.....
Some freshly grated nutmeg.
[Grating sounds]
Doesn't get better than this. Okay....
And for garnish, I'm just going to use a .....
A citrus slice - goes on right there.
So I'm gonna knock this little seed out.... Great....
Okay....
And here we have the true Trini or Siegert rum punch.