Watch The Thirsty Traveler online: Episode 11 Cuba: Rum

Hurrah for Havana Rum! Arriba! For nearly 300 years, sugar and tobacco were the engines driving Cuba’s economy. And cultivation of these crops led to the development of Cuba’s two most sought after products: rum and cigars. No wonder the buccaneers and pirates of old liked this Caribbean paradise so much! Join our intrepid host as he salsas his way from the sugar cane fields to the nightclubs of the nation’s capital, Havana, in a quest to find the best barrels of Cuban rum - the finest in the world. Bring it on, amigos!

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