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Bumbu The Original
People are genuinely split here: newcomers call it their gateway rum and love the banana-caramel candy, while longtime drinkers find it cloying and artificial. Big ripe banana, vanilla and toffee up front, a slightly hot, short finish behind. It drinks more like a sweet liqueur than a traditional Barbados rum. Several tasters keep it as a "good dessert rum" or a mixer, not a neat sipper.
The community says- Big banana flavor
- Smooth, easy drinking
- Very sweet
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How does Bumbu The Original taste?
Aggregated from 1,583 community reviews.
Very sweet, banana-candy dessert rum Loved by beginners, dismissed by veterans. Massive banana-vanilla-caramel sweetness that many find artificial and cloying; best over ice or in a sweet cocktail rather than analyzed neat.
People who like sweet, soft, banana-forward sippers and rum newcomers
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, traditional rum
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.0 sits in the “Good” band. 37% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 20% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
60% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 1,583 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by Dunzi
Most helpful positive review
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 Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful mixed review
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 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
Review by Hans-Peter Jank
Süß und ein schöner Bananen Geschmack. Ein guter Rum für Einsteiger. Mir persönlich ist dieser Bumbu in der Zwischenzeit zu süß und entspricht nicht mehr meinen Geschmacksvorlieben. Etwas zu flach. Passt gut zu karibischen Desserts. Dies ist meine 2.Verkostung dieses Rund und ich setze meine ursprüngliche Bewertung etwas nach unten.
Review by Sascha Merkel
rather than dessert
Review by MJ72
Süßrum, vollreife Banane
Review by Joey Baudier
Odeur de caramel assez prononcée
Review by Fayaman971
Ce rhum est particulièrement doux et facile à boire . Il est très vanillé avec des notes de caramel par contre je ne ressens pas l’odeur de la banane ni au nez ni en bouche mais ça doit venir de moi . Et pour finir , il est facile de le trouver dans le commerce et son prix est abordable .
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →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...
Details about Bumbu The Original
A spirit drink on a rum base from Barbados, distilled by West Indies, at 35%.
Community purchases
2,126 bottles logged by 1,847 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
37% opened, 338 emptied and repurchased.
What does Bumbu The Original cost?
Community paid 25–41 €.
Current best price: 31.09 € – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+33 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
2,126 purchased · 1,703 tasted · 651 wishlist · as of
About the West Indies distillery
The West Indies distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from West Indies have been reviewed 7,507 times with an average of 7.6/10.
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