Rhum Depaz

Afternoon visit to the Depaz Distillery in St. Pierre, Martinique at the base of the Mt Pelee volcano. Built four years after the 1902 eruption that destroyed the town and killed 30,000 people. Initially water was used to power the cane presses. Now steam is used and they burn the leftover cane stalks to boil the water, and recover the ash from the fire to fertilize the plantations! Rhum Agricole is made directly from pressed sugar cane, not molasses, so it is stronger and cleaner-tasting. Delicious!