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Posted: Thursday 9 June, 2011 at 4:58 PM

Wilmoth Hunkins – De Original Seamoss Man

Wilmoth Hunkins
By: Jenise Ferlance, SKNVibes.com

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – WHO can miss those big yellow taxis inscribed “De Original Seamoss Man”? No need to wonder about the reason, for the name because that says it all!

     

    Wilmoth Hunkins, known to everyone as the ‘Seamoss Man’, is well-known for his famous sea moss drink and, according to him, sea moss, the main ingredient in the drink, is very healthy for the body.

     

    Hunkins has been selling the sea moss drink for over 35 years and he shows no sign and has no intentions of stopping or taking a break.

     

    In a brief interview with SKNVibes, Hunkins disclosed how he started the sea moss business.

     

    “The original idea to start making the sea moss drink came after I got into an accident. When I was much younger, I was on my motorbike and I got into an accident with a tractor and ended up in the hospital. An old man came in the hospital after me and he started talking about ‘mother seagull’ (the younger folks call it sea moss, the older folks call it mother seagull). He told me that it is very good health-wise, and that influenced me to start making the drink,” Hunkins said.

     

    He said that upon his discharge from the hospital, he immediately went in search of the ingredients to make the drink.

     

    Hunkins pointed out that he started out making the drink for his personal use, but after a few friends and family members “got a taste” and expressed how much they loved the drink, it inspired him to make it on a commercial basis.

     

    He said that his original way of making the sea moss drink is what makes it stand out.

     

    “My sea moss is done the old time way. It is not cooked on a stove; it is done on firewood, which is a long process. It takes about six hours to boil properly. That is what makes it different to others,” he said.

     

    When asked about a ‘catch phrase’, he smilingly said that he had no official phrase and there was no need for one because his patrons came up with their own which are: “A drink for de wood”, and “The stuff that puts lead in your pencil.”

     

    Hunkins sells his famous sea moss drinks from the back of his taxi, and they are readily available at any time from as low as EC$5.

     

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