Gourmet products local specialties and wines Martinique

This store opposite the airport is home to a wide variety of spices, all blended on site: colombo powder, cumin, grated coconut... You'll also find flavoured coffees roasted on site, a fine selection of teas, liqueurs and traditional local products, as well as old rum-based sweets (the store's must-have !), not to mention baskets of spices, local jams and more. A must for gourmet shopping just before your flight!

Here is a real gold mine for epicureans. You will find it on the marina of Le Marin, in front of Mango Bay. Wine cellar, cigar cellar, fine and local grocery store, but above all a whiskey, rum and champagne cellar, the Millésime is the ideal place for gourmets. Exceptional oils and vinegar, candy: nothing will be missing for your royal feasts, you will find everything you need. Alcohol tasting in nice glasses once a month, check the Facebook page for the date.

The Compagnie du Rhum has been established in the West Indies since 2008 and includes an e-commerce site specializing in the sale of rums from the Caribbean and around the world. Marika and Philippe de Pompignan had the brilliant idea of creating a showroom in Martinique. It is located in Le François, symbolically opposite the Simon distillery. The website is very pleasant, well done and well supplied! This store is an extension of it and offers more than 1,000 Caribbean rums for sale online. Shipping is possible throughout the world, except in the United States.

New to Martinique, this delicatessen offers gourmet products selected for the quality of their manufacture and the originality of their flavors: Fauchon groceries, Petrossian caviar, smoked salmon, olive oils, vinegars, foies gras, chocolates, jams, Kusmi Tea teas and spices from the best brands. In the cellar, a selection of grands crus, champagnes and exceptional rums completes the list of products that will satisfy the most discerning gourmets. Le Château also offers delivery of its high-quality fresh produce.

Behind the thick wall at number 1 of the place Jules Grévy, Claude Ziouka, ice-cream maker and creator of flavours in Carbet, made an ally with cold. In some flavoured touches, he  transforms water into a delicious sorbet and manioc into a sublime ice cream. In the small space decorated in water-green colours, Claude presents in his chilled window  a whole range of colourful sorbets and ice cream to make your tasebuds go crazy. Here, quality is the priority and local products an obligation. Throughout the year, he fills up small pots,  litres or horns with new flavours. Corossol, guava or mombin, basil, lychee, mango or lemongrass compete with the delicious ice cream with pepper or vegetarian, with those of the pulp giraumon, manioc or barbadine. With its ice cream on the spot or take away, its home delivery or its catering, this glacier is a reference in Carbet.

This market is a must for any visit to Saint-Pierre! It is also the ideal place to meet the locals, to get acquainted with the fruits and vegetables of the country, to collect flavors, spices and why not to eat there! A typical West Indian market with its salespeople who will make you discover the treasures of their North Caribbean land or the little Creole grannies who sell produce from their garden, without forgetting the fishermen returning from fishing. Preferably, go on Saturday morning.

Opposite the marina, here is a colorful and lively stop to stock up on local fruits and vegetables, depending on the season, in a 100% Creole and friendly atmosphere. The place naturally provides fresh fish brought back by the morning fishermen, but it also offers a wide range of meats and of course black pudding. There is also a good choice of liqueurs, shrubs, local spices and handicrafts. The atmosphere is typical of a village of the south of the island. An essential stop during your stay.

Dormoy offers its flagship product, the coco punch based on a typical traditional recipe. Ten references (schrubb, pinacolada, 7 th ciel, planter.), as well as a wide range of exotic syrups with a typical local taste.

Jams based on exotic fruits such as coconut, pineapple, bananas, passion fruits… and cane sugar, of course.

In Creve Coeur, on the road to Cap Chevalier, Simone has been known for over 20 years as one of the great priestesses of ice cream! Her specialty: sorbets and ice creams with fruits and 100% péyi medicinal plants. The flavors are surprising: shell ginger flowers, mango ginger, moringa leaves… Her latest discovery is a sorbet made from “bodlanmé” grapes that she picks herself. The ice creams can be eaten on the spot or to take away.

In Château Gaillard, the small corner of the Spice Box houses a selection of spices from Martinique rigorously selected: turmeric, cinnamon, Indian wood, massalé, 5 berries mix… All offered in an original format: a box. The grocery store has also selected island syrups made from local spices (typical spices, turmeric and ginger, Indian wood…), perfect for cocktails, herbal teas and ti-punch. There are also vinegars, oils, everything you need to take some flavors of Martinique with you.

Run by real wine lovers, this wine cellar offers different wines from all over the world. The selection is rigorous and meticulous: great Rhône and Bordeaux wines, Burgundy whites, Provence rosés, renowned champagnes and lesser-known winemakers. Le Dépôt de Bacchus also organizes regular themed events, on Friday or Saturday evenings, around wine and champagne with tasting of charcuterie or cheese. In short, a nice place to discover!

An artisan ice cream maker like no other. It's been five years since Martinique-born Sana Nicolas took over this gourmet laboratory specializing in artisanal Italian-style ice creams. Trained in Bologna, Italy, to acquire the exceptional dexterity of Italian-style ice creams, she offers classic flavors as well as local ones: giraumon, sweet potato... and especially original ones, such as violet and rose, which are all the rage. New from Cocco Bello: cocco'pops sticks. To die for! And let's not forget our made-to-measure milkshakes.

Animated and colorful, the traditional market of La Trinité is a good place to buy tasty grilled chicken legs, fruits, and vegetables harvested in the morning, freshly caught fish, bread from the corner bakery, picnic supplies before going to the beach or discovering the Caravelle peninsula. Hidden under its large, completely restored market hall, it houses well-stocked stalls (spices, infused rums, homemade pâtés) as well as a few local craft stands to find a small souvenir to bring back home.

Artisan chocolatiers Thierry and Jimmy Lauzéa are among the world's finest chocolatiers. With a focus on authenticity and tropical aromas, these talented creators of flavors have carved out a reputation worthy of their sweets (ganaches, rochers, fondants or "Neg'Marron", tablettes, fruit jellies...), while remaining true to their Creole roots. They now have four boutiques on the island, all of which are veritable odes to indulgence!

On Saturday morning, there are about twenty producers, members of the North Atlantic Agricultural Market, who meet on the Félix Lorne square in Sainte-Marie. This association brings together farmers who sell their products directly. Success is such that people come from far away to buy the market garden products (taro, yam, cucumber, lettuce…), fruits, peppers, and spices of these producers. Word of advice: get there early!

On the heights of Lorraine, the Ragald family has been growing manioc for five generations. They are proud to pass on this ancestral know-how. Here, everything is done in the most traditional way in the world: cassava is planted, cultivated, uprooted and worked to transform it into flour. Different stages follow one another: the tubers are grated and peeled to extract the pulp, before being cooked in large wood-fired stoves. Ten minutes later, the famous cassava, the Caribbean galette, is ready to be eaten.