Pina Colada
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"Drinks in the West Indies range from Martinique's famous rum punch to Cuba's pina colada (rum, pineapple and coconut milk). Key west has a variety of lime swizzles and punches, and Granadians use nutmeg in their rum drinks. Cubans and Puerto Ricans make a variety of tasty and exotic fruit beverages. These include guanabana (soursop juice), fruta bomba (papaya), watermelon juice, muskmelon juice and a drink of almond blended with banana juice." | "Drinks in the West Indies range from Martinique's famous rum punch to Cuba's pina colada (rum, pineapple and coconut milk). Key west has a variety of lime swizzles and punches, and Granadians use nutmeg in their rum drinks. Cubans and Puerto Ricans make a variety of tasty and exotic fruit beverages. These include guanabana (soursop juice), fruta bomba (papaya), watermelon juice, muskmelon juice and a drink of almond blended with banana juice." | ||
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Revision as of 19:53, 5 April 2006
The Pina Colada is a Cocktail which consists of Rum, Pineapple and Coconut.
Piña Colada means “strained pineapple”.
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Where was the Pina Colada created, and by whom?
"The Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. According to Maria Elena Pérez, the Piña Colada was introduced there on August 15, 1954 by its creator Ramon “Monchito” Marrero."
"Coco López, the maker of the coconut cream most often used in the drink, marked the selling of the three millionth Piña Colada in 1978 by presenting a color television set to Monchito. On the same day, he was honored with a party and awarded a medal by the Caribe Hilton, while the government of Puerto Rico declared the Piña Colada the “national drink of Puerto Rico.”"
Note: The Coco Lopez Website doesn't endorse anyone as the creator of the Pina Colada.
Did the Pina Colada originally come from Cuba?
April 16th 1950, New York Times, "At the Bar":
"Drinks in the West Indies range from Martinique's famous rum punch to Cuba's pina colada (rum, pineapple and coconut milk). Key west has a variety of lime swizzles and punches, and Granadians use nutmeg in their rum drinks. Cubans and Puerto Ricans make a variety of tasty and exotic fruit beverages. These include guanabana (soursop juice), fruta bomba (papaya), watermelon juice, muskmelon juice and a drink of almond blended with banana juice."
Other people who claim to have invented the Pina Colada
- Ramon Marrero Perez of the Caribe Hilton claims he mixed his first Piña Colada in 1954.
- Don Ramon Portas Mingot of La Barrachina restaurant, in San Juan, also claims he mixed the first Piña Colada in 1963.
- Ricardo Garcia, 1950s.
Pina Colada Recipes
Recipe#1: "Original" Recipe.
- 2 ounces light rum
- 1 ounce coconut cream
- 1 ounce heavy cream
- 6 ounces fresh pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup crushed ice
- Pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry for garnish
Pour rum, coconut cream, cream, and pineapple juice in blender. Add ice. Blend for 15 seconds. Pour into a 12-ounce glass. Add garnishes.
Recipe#2: Ricardo Gracia
- one fresh pineapple
- one green coconut
- white rum
- one cup crushed ice
- Pour the juice of the coconut into a blender
- Add a scoop of the coconut jelly (the gooey stuff between the milk and the meat)
- Chop off the top of the pineapple and set aside
- Hollow out the pineapple and place contents into the blender
- Mix pineapple and coconut well
- Add the rum
- Add crushed ice and blend 5 minutes until CREAMY
- Pour pina colada into the hollowed out pineapple
- Make a hole in the top of the pineapple for a straw, close and serve
Recipe#3: Drinkboy Robert Hess
The "Authentic" Pina Colada: (Serves 2)
- 4 oz. "Coco Lopez" cream of coconut
- 4 oz. Pinapple Juice
- 3 oz Rum
- 2 cups Ice
- Mix well in a Blender
- Garnish with pineapple and cherry
Recipe#4: GOURMET, "Summer Drinks," July 1968
"In the container of a blender combine 1 cup canned pineapple cubes with 2 tablespoons coconut milk and 1 teaspoon each of lime juice and sugar. Blend the mixture at high speed until it is a thick puree. Strain the puree through four thicknesses of cheesecloth, pressing the cloth to extract all the juice, and discard the pineapple pulp. Chill the juice and return it to the blender, with 1 1/4 cups firmly packed finely crushed ice and 2 ounces light rum. Blend the mixture at high speed for about 30 seconds, or just until it is the consistency of soft sherbet. Pour the drink into a highball glass and decorate it with a stick of fresh pineapple and a green maraschino cherry. Serve the drink with a straw. The rum may be omitted, if desired."
Was the Pina Colada really invented in 1954?
"But best of all is a pina colada, the juice of a perfectly ripe pineapple -- a delicious drink in itself -- rapidly shaken up with ice, sugar, lime and Bacardi rum in delicate proportions. What could be more luscious, more mellow and more fragrant?"
- December 1922 issue of TRAVEL magazine
"...a pina colado -- a glass, nearly as large and quite as thin as possible, of the chilled essence of pineapple."
- Page 44 San Cristobal de la Habana Hergesheimer Knopf 1923
From NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, September 1933, pg. 365, col. 1:
"For the thirsty there is the "pineapple refreshment," made of freshly crushed pineapple, sugar, and water. Some order it _colada_, which means strained; others like food and drink together, and order it _sin colar_ (without straining), with the pieces of crushed pineapple in the glass, a real treat."
Pg. 380, col. 1:
"I have sat at a sidewalk cafe table, surrounded by well-dressed, well-fed people, sipping a pina colada (see text, page 365), and listening to an orchestra of flashing-eyed beauties play and sing their native music with its strange, yearning rhythm."
April 16th 1950, New York Times, "At the Bar":
"Drinks in the West Indies range from Martinique's famous rum punch to Cuba's pina colada (rum, pineapple and coconut milk). Key west has a variety of lime swizzles and punches, and Granadians use nutmeg in their rum drinks. Cubans and Puerto Ricans make a variety of tasty and exotic fruit beverages. These include guanabana (soursop juice), fruta bomba (papaya), watermelon juice, muskmelon juice and a drink of almond blended with banana juice."
