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Craving the Bengal rum: India was responsible in intoxicating Australia
One reason rum never evolved further in India might be that traditionally, we didn’t consume crystallised sugar, but (healthier) unrefined jaggery.
Synopsis
In the 18th century, Bengal rum was Australia’s 1st national drink & a form of national currency.
When the World Rum Guide proposed celebrating the second Saturday of July as ‘World Rum Day’, the industry eagerly joined in. Rum hasn’t become trendy, like gin, and global sales are stagnating. In India, where we may drink the most by volume, demand is dropping fast.
Rum might have been invented in India. Sugarcane was first domesticated here and cane juice ferments easily. Sanskrit texts refer to a drink called shidhu which may have been the