Bumbu The Original
Loved by Dunzi , Haddox Hebert & 211 moreA newcomer-friendly, ultra-sweet banana-vanilla sipper at 35%. RumX members see Bumbu The Original as a dessert-like, rum-based spirit best chilled, over ice, or in sweet cocktails. 924 reviews back its crowd-pleasing style.
- Beginner-friendly
- Banana-caramel bomb
- Smooth, low burn
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How does Bumbu The Original taste?
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Ultra-sweet banana dessert “rum” A newcomer-friendly, ultra-sweet banana-vanilla sipper at 35%. RumX members see Bumbu The Original as a dessert-like, rum-based spirit best chilled, over ice, or in sweet cocktails. 924 reviews back its crowd-pleasing style.
Those who enjoy very sweet, banana-vanilla liqueurs and want an easy, low-ABV starter “rum” for sipping over ice or sweet cocktails.
Anyone avoiding added sugar, seeking dry authentic rum character, or sensitive to artificial banana/vanilla flavours.
How is Bumbu The Original rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 7.0 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 44% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 17% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 1,141 ratings
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is definitely a good rum for beginners. A bit too sweet for me, but still nicely balanced and an easy sipper. The nose is sweet with vanilla and chocolate. The palate is sweet and fruity with spices and caramel. Kind of a smooth rum. The finish is medium and sweet with vanilla.
Review by LukaŽiga
6,8:The nose is very sweet, opening with notes of banana candy, caramel. This confectionery rum announces a very bubblegum spirit, with peach syrup and a hint of grenadine, pear. Aeration takes us to even sweeter notes of cinnamon and vanilla, with the powderiness of a marshmallow. 6,2:The palate is round and sweet, with a slightly spicy barley-sugar flavor, caramel. The banana candy melts into a syrup scented with toasted oak, pear and develops into roasted notes (coffee). 6:The finish is sweet, round, sticky and roasted. Edit:17.3.26.
Review by Dunzi
Who likes banana, will also like Bumbu.many of my acquaintances speak of a "women's rum". I disagree, I like it very much. Smell and taste very "bananig", yet a real rum with slight sharpness. Of course, also sweet, but R.H. Riise is partly much sweeter.
Review by Lutz Lungershausen
2022 Interesting development of banana/caramel on the nose, solid on the palate to a slightly toasty finish. Unfortunately very, very sweet, almost sticky, which drowns out any other flavors that may be present. A nice party sipper in an admittedly very succinctly decorated bottle.
Review by Haddox Hebert
My first rum, so I have a nostalgic bias, but it is definitely more of a dessert rum than anything. The banana and candy notes remind me of those artificially flavored banana Laffy Taffys, but in a way that's really endearing. Definitely the kind of rum I'd want to sip on while watching big kid cartoons.
Review by Sam 🥃
This rum is very good for initiation to the world of rum, very accessible for beginners who do not want to assault their palate with more robust rums, thanks to its increased sweetness and its strong taste of banana, vanilla, caramel. We can also note the pirate type bottle, rather flattering in its bar and pleasant to look at, for a first bottle of rum. It is also the type of bottle to have in its bar and to share without moderation with guests swearing by Captain Morgan and Malibu. It remains pleasant and festive... For a rum-based spirit.
Review by Alco Pilot
Well, what to say. Bumbu is one of my most favorite rums of all time. In the Fun for your buck ratio it doesn't have much contenders at all. Fruity and bananas. Mnam dopici.
Review by Oscar Fernandez
Very sweet rum with a predominance of banana in the sensory aspect. In mouth it takes very well and is pleasant. It goes very well with a marijuana cigar and grilled meat. Salu! 🥃
Review by Justin Baker
Very positive interesting rum, tastes bananig something sharp then again full banana in the finish. Slightly oily which I find very good. Price-performance ratio is really great! Recommendation to those who like sweet rum.
Review by Gregor
This is not a rum but a rum based spirit. The taste and also the smell are very intense like banana which I perceive as positive because the banana does not come across as artificial. However, the product is far too sweet for my taste. Therefore I cannot recommend it
Review by DimHub
very sweet with an abundance of caramel. recommended
Review by Jürgen Gigl
Quite passable for in between 👍
Review by nick_nick1
Mild and fruity. Almost a little boring, but worth a bottle.
Review by Filip Šikula
Another rum that I came back to after a long time just because I figured I wouldn't do a single rumx entry in retrospect. It's chemical, it's sweet, but it was one of those things that got me on the rum journey. I showed it to a lot of people, and they were thrilled. Nowadays I try to dazzle all those people with rums from Jamaica, for example.
Review by Jonas Kofod
The banana candy rum. Hardly complex or aquired taste but nice and smooth
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"What appalls me the most is that some Rum Reviewers have given this reviews, which suggest it is worth your time as a rum. Now that really is a joke. This is about as Bajan as Jellied Eels. And just as nauseating. At £35 you could get yourself some absolutely..."Read full review →
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The West Indies distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from West Indies have been reviewed 6,508 times with an average of 7.7/10.
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