Each island does sorrel barely otherwise, says Summers, based mostly on what spices went by their ports of commerce. “For instance, should you had been in Jamaica, they’d a excessive charge of Chinese language immigrant employees, so that you had ginger and allspice and cardamom, and rum. As a result of all the pieces in Jamaica is rum. In Trinidad and Tobago, you had an incredible inflow of East Indian laborers, so you’ll get their spices — cinnamon, nutmeg, clove. However not as a lot alcohol, the Trinidadians aren’t huge drinkers. My grandparents got here from Barbados, so rum in all the pieces.”
