tafia
/ˈtafɪə
/noun [mass noun] West Indian
A drink similar to rum, distilled from molasses or waste from the production of brown sugar.Excise taxes, the levy on whiskey, brandy, gin, and vodka will be standardized at $15 per liter, while rum and tafia will attract an excise tax of $10 per liter....
- Sugar is very difficult to ship; rum and tafia can be handled with less risk.
- Sugar, molasses, tafia, and rum were the chief exports, but there is less profit in these products of cane nowadays.
Origin
Via French from West Indian creole, alteration of ratafia.