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Mamajuana the Famous
Dominican Drink
The
recipe of mamajuana
Probably you heard about
mamajuana, chances are that is one
of the first things you are going to look for as soon as you arrive to
Punta
Cana.
The Dominican Republic
has many wonderful places to see and even more delicious food and
drinks to
taste. This beverage is indeed one of the most popular recipes in that
area
and there are many reasons of why is that way.
It is a very versatile
drink which is prepared according to the main use that is going to be
made for. It can also be used to treat some diseases like arthritis and
supposedly has antitumor properties. One of the most famous uses it has
is the use as an aphrodisiac. The locals claim it has similar
properties to the pills medicated for "men's dysfunction".
Specifically this drink consist mainly of around 20 herbs and different
roots from the Dominican Republic country.
 One of the ways to prepare
this famous drink is the following: First you need
to buy the
mamajuana
bottle, which comes with several dry herbs, or if you
know where to get
the herbs you can get them yourself. After you have the bottle with the
dry herbs, the next step is adding the liquid element. Generally for
the first part you use red wine and then a small amount of honey
like ¼ of a cup. You leave the mix alone for a week approximately to
make sure the bitter taste of some of the herbs go away and to get it
ready for the main part.
Once the week has passed,
the following step is to empty the wine. Now, even when this is not the
good part if you really want to, you can
drink
this. Getting some rum in the bottle is the next
step, it can be either light rum or dark rum depending on your
preference
or half wine with half rum. Others use ¾ rum and ¼
wine according to their taste. You can also combine it with some vodka
or a little gin or any alcoholic drink to give a little
twist
to the result. Depending on what you want the ingredients will end up
inside the bottle.
 The time inside the bottle
depends on how much you want the wood taste in the mix. The normal
amount of time that you should leave the new mix alone is a couple of
days. Remember that for like for any alcoholic beverage
the longer you wait the better it will taste. Is better to be preparing
2, 3 or 4 mixes simultaneously in order to find out which blend taste
better for you. Mamajuana
can be taken warm, with ice, after
dinner
or any other moment you desire it. Some people prefer it
after a nice
cup of coffee. The ideal part of this drink is that the possible
combinations are only limited by your imagination. Get a move
on and experiment to your heart content.
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