Piña Colada
The piña colada is a sweet, rum-based cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with a pineapple wedge, a maraschino cherry or both. The piña colada has been the official beverage of Puerto Rico since 1978.
Ingredients
- 3 cl (one part) white rum
- 3 cl (one part) coconut milk
- 9 cl (3 parts) pineapple juice
Mixing instructions
There are many recipes of how to make a piña colada but the one that his friends tell in the book of José L. Díaz de Villegas to be the original recipe created by Monchito, is the following:
"Pour 3 ounces of coconut cream, 6 ounces of pineapple juice and 11⁄2 ounces of white rum into a blender or shaker with crushed ice, and blend or shake very well until smooth. Pour into chilled glass, garnish with pineapple wedge and/or a maraschino cherry."
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Originof Piña Colada
Three Puerto Rican bartenders contest the ownership of their national drink. Ramón 'Monchito' Marrero Pérez claims to have first made it at the Caribe Hilton Hotel's Beachcomber Bar in San Juan on 15 August 1952, using the then newly-available Coco López cream of coconut. Coco López was developed in Puerto Rico in 1948 by Don Ramón López-Irizarry, hence the Puerto Rican connection and the 1952 account of the drink's creation. Some say the drink did not acquire its name until the 1960s.
Ricardo García, who also worked at the Caribe, says that it was he who invented the drink, while Ramón Portas Mingot says he created it in 1963 at the Barrachina Restaurant, 104 Fortaleza Street, Old San Juan. The restaurant stands by his claim to this day.
The Caribe Hilton Hotel sits on a 17-acre peninsula outside San Juan and was the first luxury hotel to open in the region, becoming a popular destination for the rich and famous who helped spread word of the drink.
Variationsof Piña Colada
Ingredients
(3 parts) pineapple juice
Mixing Instructions
Pour into chilled glass, garnish with pineapple wedge.

Ingredients
- (one part) Malibu Rum
- (one part) Pineapple juice
Mixing Instructions
In flavor it resembles a Piña Colada but does not require coconut cream.

Ingredients
- 3 cl (one part) amaretto
- 3 cl (one part) coconut milk
- 9 cl (3 parts) pineapple juice
Mixing Instructions
Pour into chilled glass, garnish with pineapple wedge.

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