Cuba OVERVIEW
What do you get when you mix a Caribbean island, Spanish colonialism and Fidel Castro? A mind-blowing infusion ordered with mixed feelings, poured with suspicion, sipped with surprise, and swallowed with relaxed pleasure. And then you just can't wait to have another glass served.
The Cuban tipple basically comes in a mix of three dominant flavors that permeate one another to intrigue your buds and leave you with a disharmonious aftertaste. First of all, there's a typically Caribbean relish, with snow white sands, turquoise waters, waving palms and thatched poolside bars, of which the best example is Cayo Largo del Sur or Isla de la Juventud. Then comes the Spanish seasoning, with cobblestoned, flamboyant streets of Trinidad and high-spirited Havana that features both splendid architecture and unique artistic highlights. Finally, what you'll come to discover as having a distinctive taste is the communist aftermath, with dilapidated yank tanks rolling laboriously wherever you look and the unbridgeable chasm between the extremes on the social ladder wherever you go. But most importantly, once you order a Cuban long, you always get something on the house to neutralize a flavor you do not particularly enjoy, be it a world-acclaimed cigar, a plate of mouth-watering
pastelitos
, or a refreshing day out in the lush stretches of Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt.
And the best thing about it all is that, compared to Grand Havana Rum, a Cuba-sprinkled revelry hardly ever gives you a hangover, and even if it does, there's only one cure for it... TIME.
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