In the late nineteenth century, in full Victorian era, the great British Empire, immersed in a colonial struggle throughout Africa,
dominated and maritime communications, trade routes and most of freight traffic between East and West The search for new routes created a breed of intrepid explorers that led them to discover remote and unknown places. The most important of these was the coastal city of Mombasa, opposite the island of Zanzibar, which, due to its strategic position, it soon became the main port and commercial center across East Africa. And it was here that the first private social club was created; the mythical Mombasa Club, founded in 1885 by and for officers of the British East Africa Protectorate. The club was an essential part in the social life of the colony, where his partners kept lit gatherings or exchanged news about their Mombasa Club gins and tonic. An exclusive gin from England and especially distilled and bottled for consumption and enjoyment of its partners. Today, Mombasa Club Gin remains a nostalgic reminiscence of those pioneering spirit of the glorious and adventurous romantic epic nineteenth century British colonialism.
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