Being Home With a Filipino/Polish/American Rum Maker (Alexandra Dorda)

Alexandra Dorda is the founder of Kasama, a small batch rum created in the Philippines and distilled in Poland.

Alexandra shares how as a person raised in three different cultures on three different continents, “being home” is a fluid concept. For her, it’s not a place – it’s feeling at home with yourself.

She talks about how she travels often because of her work, but as she said, she can’t stay still. She needs to move to feel comfortable and happy. And while she doesn’t have that one place she feels she can call her own, she does feel as though she could live almost anywhere in the world. (She’s been to around 70 countries!)

Entrepreneurship is in her blood – both her parents are entrepreneurs and have always been interested in charting their own path. This spirit was transferred to her – she’s always wanted to have her own business. And so, Kasama rum was born.

Kasama means “together” or “companion” in Filipino. Alexandra wanted to build a brand around (and pay homage to) the Philippines, so she could celebrate what’s special about this place, her mother’s country. She also talks about Poland, her father’s country (he is the co-founder of polish vodkas Chopin and Belvedere), and how Poland is part of her rum as well.

And we talk about her family in Poland and the impact of the war in neighboring Ukraine. (She was in Poland when the war broke out.) She shares how this has changed her relationship to both her home and her physical belongings – and how this sobering situation makes you reevaluate what matters in your life.

• Website: Kasamarum.com
• Instagram: @kasamarum

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