St. Cecilia’s Punch

Reflective of the English (tea), French (champagne and cognac), and West Indian (rum) influences on Carolina Lowcountry culture, St. Cecilia’s Punch was introduced at the St. Cecilia Musical Society in Charleston in the early eighteenth century and is still as popular today at elaborate weddings and social occasions as it was three hundred years ago. Certain locals insist that the punch be made with only green tea leaves, dark Myer’s rum, and genuine French champagne, and that nothing will