Guavaberry is made from fine oak aged rum, cane sugar and the wild local berries from which it gets its name. Guavaberries are found far off the roads and high in the warm hills in the centre of the island. They are rare. Guavaberries are not like guavas. We have two species.
Some trees bear black fruit and some trees bear orange coloured fruit.
There is a minute difference in taste, discernable to only an elite few. The aged liqueur has a woody, fruity, spicy and bitter-sweet flavour all of its own. In days gone by, Guavaberry was associated with special celebration and, for sure, Christmas would not have been Christmas without family, friends and a bottle of Sint Maarten Guavaberry. These days, while it is made as it was 200 years ago, Guavaberry is enjoyed by a much wider group of connoisseurs and travelers, all year long, on island, off islands, in the kitchen, on the beach and in thousands of tropical cocktails and exotic drinks.