Piña Colada (Puerto Rico's National Drink)
White rum blended with cream of coconut, pineapple juice and ice until smooth and frosty, garnished with fresh pineapple and a cherry. Contains alcohol (alcohol-free version in the steps).
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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Steps
Blend
Put the rum, , pineapple juice and crushed ice in a blender. For an alcohol-free version, swap the rum for the same amount of extra pineapple juice.
- 120 ml rum
- 120 ml
- 180 ml pineapple juice
- 2 cups crushed ice
Whizz until smooth
Blend on high speed for 20-30 seconds until the drink is smooth, pale and frosty with no visible ice chunks.
- all blended mixture from step 1
✅ Done when: smooth, frosty texture with no lumps of ice
Serve
Pour into chilled tall glasses, then garnish each one with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry. Add a straw and serve right away.
- all blended drink from step 2
- 2 wedges fresh pineapple
- 2 maraschino cherries
Blend
Put the rum, , pineapple juice and crushed ice in a blender. For an alcohol-free version, swap the rum for the same amount of extra pineapple juice.
- 120 ml rum
- 120 ml
- 180 ml pineapple juice
- 2 cups crushed ice
Whizz until smooth
Blend on high speed for 20-30 seconds until the drink is smooth, pale and frosty with no visible ice chunks.
- all blended mixture from step 1
✅ Done when: smooth, frosty texture with no lumps of ice
Serve
Pour into chilled tall glasses, then garnish each one with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry. Add a straw and serve right away.
- all blended drink from step 2
- 2 wedges fresh pineapple
- 2 maraschino cherries
The Story Behind the Dish
The piña colada was born in San Juan in the 1950s. The Caribe Hilton hotel credits its bartender Ramón 'Monchito' Marrero with creating it in 1954, while the Barrachina restaurant in Old San Juan also claims it. The invention of canned cream of coconut (Coco López) in Puerto Rico made it possible.
In 1978, Puerto Rico declared the piña colada its national drink.
⭐ Why It's Famous
Creamy, sweet and tropical, it's the taste of a Caribbean holiday in a glass.
💡 Fun Fact
'Piña colada' means 'strained pineapple', from the fresh pineapple juice that was strained to make it.
San Juan
18.47°N, -66.11°W
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