Five sumptuous cocktails you can mix up with Étän Spiced Rum

Move over three, when it comes to rum, five is the magic number. Étän means five in Mungaka, a dialect spoken in Bali, a town in Cameroon, and by the parents of the five incredible women responsible for Étän Spiced Rum. To celebrate this unique golden drink, distilled with five botanicals found in West Africa, here’s no fewer than five delicious cocktails you can mix up yourself at home.

ETÄN Alive

INGREDIENTS:

50ml Étän spiced rum 50ml Passionfruit liquer 50ml Pomegranate juice Juice of 2 limes Crushed and cubed ice

METHOD: 1. Jolt all ingredients together for 15 seconds 2. Fill a goblet glass halfway with cubed and crushed ice 3. Pour into a goblet 4. Serve with half a passion fruit and pomegranate seeds

Melonin’ Poppin’

INGREDIENTS:

150ml Étän Rum 100ml Pineapple Juice 75ml Orange Juice 15ml Fresh Lime Juice 15ml Grenadine 15ml Sugar Syrup Maraschino Cherries

METHOD:

1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a Hurricane glass over fresh ice. 2. Garnish with maraschino cherries.

ÉTÄN Mess

INGREDIENTS:

50ml Étän spiced rum 50ml single cream Handful of strawberries Drizzle of strawberry syrup A handful of ice cubes

METHOD:

1. Put all ingredients into a blender 2. Blitz for 30 seconds 3. Pour into a martini glass (you can drizzle extra strawberry syrup into your glass beforehand) 4. Garnish with a slice of strawberry

Orange-inal

INGREDIENTS:

60ml Étän 15ml Cointreau 75ml Orange juice 1 egg white

METHOD: 1. Dry shake the ingredients for 30 seconds 2. Add ice and shake until chilled 3. Fine strain into a coupe glass 4. Garnish with a dehydrated orange wheel

Cloud Nine

INGREDIENTS:

Muddle a handful of mint leaves 50ml Étän 25ml St Germain (elderflower liqueur) Half a fresh lime Apple juice

METHOD:

1. Add ice and shake the Etan, Elderflower Liquer, mint leave and fresh lime 2. Strain into martini glass 3. Top with Apple Juice 4. Garnish with an apple slice

Website: www.etanrum.co.uk

Photography courtesy of Étän Rum

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