Mauby

Colubrina arborescens, C. elliptica

infusion · drink

Bark boiled with cinnamon, anise and cloves, sweetened and drunk iced, with a bitter licorice taste.

Origin

Caribbean (Trinidad, Barbados)

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

A few pieces of bark are boiled for a quarter of an hour, then left to steep until cool; it is strained, sweetened and diluted with water. The bark is not eaten.

Did you know?

It is made to foam by pouring it from high up, from one container to another.