According to Dale, Ti Punch (short for Petite Punch) is the house drink across the French West Indies. This recipe is deceptively simple and tastes way more interesting than I thought it would on first glance. The basic recipe calls for local rum, sugar syrup, and lime juice. The Dale recipe adds Falernum, specifically nonalcoholic, though all we had was the Taylor's, which is mildly alcoholic at 11%.

The recipe calls for "local rum" so I used our Treaty Oak, produced right here in Austin

Dale says that the Ti Punch is "simple and fun, and ou can play with the recipe." So we decided to make a slightly less sweet variation, by substituting Aperol for the Falernum.