Pandan Coconut Cooler Mocktail Recipe
Coconut milk infused with pandan leaf — grassy, vanilla-like and pale green, over plenty of ice.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Medium
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Coconut milk120 ml (4.1 oz)
- Pandan leaf2 piece
- Simple syrup25 ml (0.8 oz)
- Fresh lime juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Cold water60 ml (2 oz)
How to Make It
- Bruise the pandan leaves and steep them in the warm coconut milk for ten minutes.
- Strain and chill completely.
- Pour over ice with the syrup, lime juice and water, then stir.
- Garnish with a knotted pandan leaf.
Garnish
Knotted pandan leaf
What it tastes like
The sweetness is pronounced, there is pineapple and passion fruit in it and the texture is creamy.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Coconut milk
- Canned coconut milk — not to be confused with sweetened coconut cream, which is far sweeter. The can separates, so it is never used unshaken.
- Simple syrup
- One part sugar to one part water, stirred until it dissolves — no need to boil it. Keeps a month in the fridge. No syrup? Use the same amount of honey, loosened with a little water.
- Fresh lime juice
- Freshly squeezed lime. Bottled lime tastes cooked and flat; one lime gives about 30 ml. If you have none, half lemon and half grapefruit juice comes closest.
- Cold water
- Seeing it in a recipe is not a mistake: in spirit-forward drinks, measuring the dilution instead of leaving it to the ice is what makes the result repeatable.
The Story
Pandan is the vanilla of Southeast Asia — used the same way, in the same desserts, and almost never exported fresh.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Pandan Coconut Cooler mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Pandan Coconut Cooler contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Pandan Coconut Cooler hard to make?
- Moderate. A shaker or mixing glass plus a strainer covers it.
The main ingredient here is also a dream symbol: Milk in a dream
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