This coming Sunday, July 19th is National Daiquiri Day, so let’s make a toast to the classic cocktail that originated in Cuba. Named after Playa Daiquiri on the island’s southern coast, the original cocktail is a delicious mixture of rum, simple syrup and lime.
Since its inception in the early 1900’s, the Daiquiri has become a popular drink order around the world and was even known to be one of Hemingway’s favorites. The simple drink has taken on many forms throughout the years, including the bright-red frozen kind we often associate with a tropical vacation.

Ian Burrell, Global Rum Ambassador and Co-Creator of Equiano Rum, has a spiced version in mind: The Burrell Daiquiri, a concoction that adds Orange Bitters to deepen the flavor, with an orange twist to garnish.

Equiano is a completely uncompromised, 100% natural rum with no spices, no colorants, and no added sugar. A premium, new-to-market, African & Caribbean spirit that is the first of its kind; the liquid is a blend of tropically-aged molasses rums from the multi-award-winning Bajan producer, Foursquare, with high-quality new-world liquid distilled in Mauritius at Gray’s Distillery. Equiano is the first rum made from two distilleries, on two different continents, creating an exquisite, modern and matured spirit.

THE BURRELL DAIQUIRI (above)

2oz Equiano Rum

1oz Fresh Lime Juice

0.5oz Agave Nectar

3 Dashes of Orange Bitters
* made from such ingredients as the peels of Seville oranges, cardamom, caraway seed, coriander & anise

METHOD:

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes.

Shake well.

Strain in chilled cocktail glass.

Serve straight up, without ice in a tall cocktail glass.

Garnish with an orange twist.