Piña Colada Cocktail Recipe
Rum, coconut cream and pineapple blended into a creamy tropical escape.
- Category: Contemporary Classics
- Glass: Hurricane glass
- ABV: 13%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
Ingredients
- White rum50 ml (1.7 oz)
- Coconut cream30 ml (1 oz)
- Pineapple juice90 ml (3 oz)
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a blender with a cup of crushed ice.
- Blend until smooth.
- Pour into a chilled hurricane glass.
- Garnish with pineapple and a cherry.
Garnish
Pineapple slice and cherry
What it tastes like
The sweetness is pronounced, there is pineapple and passion fruit in it and the texture is creamy.
The technique
Blended. Everything goes into the blender with crushed ice. Cubes strain the motor and leave shards behind; crushed or pellet ice gives a smoother drink. Rule of thumb: about a cup of crushed ice per serving. More ice than that and you are drinking a slush with no flavour left.
Glass and ice
The curved, tall hurricane glass. Tiki and tropical drinks often run past 200 ml, and this is the shape that holds that volume along with the ice.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- White rum
- The Cuban style is light and dry, the Puerto Rican a little rounder. It is the base of the mojito and the daiquiri; swap in gold rum and the drink turns sweeter.
- Pineapple juice
- Pineapple juice. It foams on its own when shaken — that creamy head on a tiki drink comes from the pineapple, not from egg white.
The Story
The national drink of Puerto Rico, created in San Juan in 1954.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Piña Colada mixed?
- It is blended and served in a hurricane glass.
- How strong is a Piña Colada?
- Roughly 13% ABV as served — right around a glass of wine — an aperitif or an early-evening drink.
- Can a Piña Colada be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Piña Colada hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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