I confess... Mauby, a tree bark-based Caribbean drink, is a beverage with which I have a love-hate relationship. Love from the perspective of nostalgia... Hate from ...

A single word was handwritten on a piece of tape affixed to the container: “mauby.” I asked the lone employee at Taste of Caribbean 2 what “mauby” was. She stared blankly at me for a second.