The Cove and John cane juice man

The juice man

The journey of persons traversing the upper reaches of the East Coast Demerara or extending into Berbice is frequently punctuated by pit stops at Cove and John to refresh themselves on the offerings of the cane juice man.

Bharrat Nirmal is in his sixteenth year of vending cane juice, marketed as Ingrid’s Cane Juice, a title that acknowledges his better half.

Nirmal lives at Lusignan but has set up stall about 100 yards east of the