History of rum

Alain Huetz De Lemps is a French geographer, botanist and economist. His book Histoire du rhum is a must-read for anyone wishing to deepen their knowledge of rum.

This comprehensive guide traces the history of our favorite eau-de-vie, and tells the story of how rum went from being a low-quality slave beverage to gradually competing with grain spirits in particular, and carving out a place for itself on the world's various markets.

The book not only describes the production sites of the past (you'll learn, for example, why the United States was a major producer in the ^19th century) and today, but also the consumption sites.

You guessed it, it's our bedside book.

Full references

Paris, Edition Desjonquières, Collection Outremer, printed in 1997, 288 pages