Takamaka rum is produced in the Seychelles, on the island of Mahé in the Trois Frères distillery by the D’Offay family. The estate was founded on an old tropical spice plantation site, La Plaine St André, by French settlers over 200 years ago. The distillery has been operating since 2002, and is the first and only commercial rum producer and exporter in the Seychelles. The sugarcane used is grown in four different regions of Mahé by independent farmers, and is then crushed, distilled, aged and blended on site. Takamaka rum is named after a local bay on the island and is the name of local tree.