Rum

Rum

In the north east of La Palma, close to where the San Andrés sugar mills once stood, this elementary chemical principle has been preserved intact for, unlike many of its Caribbean relatives, rum from La Palma is made from the first distillation of sugar-cane juice. In San Andrés y Sauces, the exploitation of sugar-cane plantations has a long history. They already occupied the area at the beginning of the 16th century, first for sugar production, and later for rum.