{"title":"Experiences","description":"\u003cp\u003eBehind-the-scenes tours, masterclasses, bottle-your-own sessions. Time with the makers at their distilleries, farms, and beach bars.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"exp-clifton-estate-tasting","title":"Clifton Estate Spiced Rum Tasting (Nevis)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe full Clifton range, in order, with the distiller.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClifton Estate is the small distillery operation on the south side of Nevis whose rums and liqueurs sit on this catalogue under several headings. The tasting walks through the white, the gold, the spiced, the tropical liqueur, and the NEVIQ. Five expressions in order, with the distiller talking through each one and pouring the next while the last one is still on the palate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout 75 minutes. Five pours, light snack, signed bottle option. 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The back-of-house tour goes through the wax studio, the indigo and brazilwood vats, the drying lines, and the workshop floor where the women who have been drawing wax freehand for three decades will let you try a small piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout 75 minutes. One small batik square to take home. Closed-toe shoes for the dye floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/lime\/batik-at-romney-manor\"\u003eRead: Batik at Romney Manor →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caribelle Batik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249476685996,"sku":"EXP-CARIBELLE-0001","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"liamuiga-natural-farms-coffee-tour","title":"Liamuiga Natural Farms Coffee Tour (St. Kitts)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe only coffee farm tour in St. Kitts and Nevis. 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Guests walk the coffee fields, learn the cultivation cycle from cherry to cup, then sit down to a three-course farm-to-table meal: Yaka Mein cooked in the traditional Yabba Pot, vegetables harvested that morning, homemade coffee ice cream made from beans grown a few rows away. Green vervet monkeys make appearances. Maximum eighteen guests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable as Breakfast Tour or Lunch Tour — specify at booking. Half-day experience. Closed-toe shoes. Free cancellation up to 24 hours prior. Weather-dependent. Group minimum applies. 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The bartender walks through the recipe, lets each guest build their own, and finishes with the small pour rule that keeps the drink from killing the afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout 90 minutes. Includes recipe card, two builds, and one finished Killer Bee. Adults only. Pinney's Beach, Nevis. 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The Widdowson family started uncovering this ground in 2010, working out from a single red brick spotted in the undergrowth. The bell tower, the boiling house, and the curing trough have all been brought back into the open. The grounds run into the rainforest above; on a quiet day you can hear the stream that once turned the mill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe guides know the property. The grandson of someone who worked the cane is, often as not, the one telling the story. Bring questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you taste\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree pours at Alfie's Bar. Canvas umbrella, dark wood counter, the seventeenth-century stone wall at your back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe white first.\u003c\/strong\u003e Clean cane, dry, the bottle you want at home behind the bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twelve-year aged next.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mahogany at the edges, brown butter and stewed plum. 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