Sunday, May 24, 2009

Chillin Cava in Vanuatu

They make a big song and dance about this stuff in Vanuatu, apparently it's the best Cava in the world.
Let me enlighten you all....
They take the root from the Cava plant, wash it and then mash it to a pulp. The pulp is then soaked in water and strained a few times, all the juice is squeezed out into a bucket. The resulting liquid is the colour of ditch water and the taste of your old socks to the power of ten.
Its drunk from a small coconut shell. The usual ritual is to take a deep breath, prepare for the bodies natural reaction when you've drunk something as hideous as your old socks to the power of ten and down it in one. Hold onto something and wait while the bodies natural reaction to heave subsides, quick swig of orange juice helps. Then start spitting and hacking up like the locals. Man they love this stuff, I guess it has a chilling effect along with making your throat go numb. What can I say, when in Rome :)










Go on son, you love it, like nectar :)

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