What is Piña Colada?

Maybe few recipes for cocktails define the tropical drink , as well as Piña Colada, a mixed drink made of rum, ice, pineapple juices and coconut cream. This refreshing cocktail rivals of frozen Daiquiri in popularity between the Allen holidays in exotic ports of calls and resorts in the Caribbean style. Well mixed Piña Colada combines the sweetness of pineapple and coconut with sweet rums in cold porridge of crushed ice. Another ingredient is a generous supply of tense pineapple juice or mixed pulp crushed pineapples. Some bartenders with access to fresh pineapples can even pure freshly cut sections. The name piña coda literally means "tense pineapple".

Another component is a matter of dispute between bartenders. Some Piña Colada recipes require coconut milk, with thin liquid extract from coconut pulp, while others demanded coconut cream, a stronger and more processed coconut product available in many food stores. If usedA coconut milk, some recipes indicate the addition of condensed milk as thickeners and stabilizer. Coconut cream should be strong enough to survive the mixing process without separation.

All these ingredients, along with cube ice supply, are placed in a blender and mixed until smoothly. The finished Piña colada is then poured into excessive glass and decorated with fruit such as cherries and cut pineapple. A variant using vodka instead of rum is known as chi-chi and a carefully combined cocktail Daiquiri/Piña colada is called Miami .

The beginnings of Piña Colada are shrouded in mystery. The pineapple juice itself can be given tense or unlimited, similar to orange juice is tense for pulp. The locals would be called Piña Colada by soft drinks. The first recipe for an alcoholic beverage called Piña Colada appeared at the beginningThe 1920s, but have little similarity to a modern frozen cocktail. Several nightclubs and bars in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean sites say they invented the first modern Piña Colad, but it was difficult to verify these claims.

Piña Colada is now the official drink of Puerto Rico.