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History of the Pina Colada
The Pina Colada is a rum based beverage
containing rum coconut cream and pineapple juice. It can be served
blended (as with our drink mix) or shaken with ice. If you order
one in a bar it will most likely be garnished with a pineapple
wedge or a cherry.
So how did this drink come to be? Well it is
said to have been created by Roberto Cofresi' a Puerto Rican
pirate. He is said to have given the drink to his crew to keep
morale high. He made the drink with white rum, coconut and
pineapple and it almost certainly improved the spirits of his men.
When the Pirate died in 1825 he took the original recipe with him.
But how did it get reintroduced to us? Well the
Caribe Hilton Hotel in Puerto Rico would like us to believe that
one of their bartenders discovered it. The bartender, Ramon
Marrero, allegedly spent 3 months perfecting the drink and
introduced it on August 15, 1954. Of course many bars make this
same claim so determining the drinks true origins is near
impossible. perhaps we should just enjoy the drink for what it is
and not over analyze it.
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