tomb of the caribs

1 1/2 oz JM Rhum Agricole Blanc
1/2 oz Cynar
1/2 oz Honey Syrup
1/2 oz Lime Juice

Build in a double Old Fashioned glass, add ice, stir, and garnish with a lime wheel inserted along the inside of the glass.

For drink of the day two weeks ago, the theme was rhum agricole, and I decided to go with a variation of a 'Ti Punch on that Thursday. For one of the sweeteners, I recalled how rhum agricole worked well with Cynar given how both have a bit of funk and herbalness to them; examples of this pairing include Madame Mustache and Wooden Ships. For another sweetener to balance the spirit and lime juice, I opted for honey by recalling how well Cynar worked with it in the Michigander and other drinks.
For a name, I aimed to tie the drink back to the island of Martinique's history. I decided to go back further than the Josephine's Bath with its ties to Napoleon to when the island was settled by Europeans. The last remaining tribe there was the Caribs. One of the landmarks on the northern side of the island is a cliff called the Tomb of the Caribs. There, the last Caribs jumped instead of surrendering to the Europeans; it symbolically matched classic ‘Ti Punch service where ingredients are provided such that "each can prepare their own death."