rum
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“It tempers the lime yet highlights the bright refreshing citrus and rum. . . . I challenge you, next time you have a daiquiri, try one with and one without the bitters and see which you prefer.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2018
“I think I shall trade, also,” said he, putting his thumbs in his waist-coat pockets, “to the West Indies, for sugar, tobacco, and rum. Also to Ceylon, especially for elephants’ tusks.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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