This Month’s Cocktail: Piña Colada
About The Piña Colada
The Piña Colada is a classic Puerto Rican cocktail made with pineapple juice, low-congener, un-aged rum (also called light rum), and cream of coconut. While piña coladas can be shaken or stirred, this shaken recipe is a more recent adaptation of the original frozen piña colada from the 1950s.
Piña Colada
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Light Rum
- 2 oz. Pineapple Juice
- 1 1/2 oz. Cream of Coconut
- 1 Lime Wedge, optional
- Pineapple Wedge, for garnish
- Maraschino Cherry, for garnish
Directions:
- Pour the light rum, pineapple juice, and cream of coconut into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- For a slightly less sweet colada, squeeze the juice of a lime wedge into the shaker.
- Shake well for at least 30 seconds. When thoroughly shaken, the drink should be creamy with a luscious foam from the pineapple juice.
- Strain into a chilled glass (Collins, Hurricane or similar).
- Garnish with pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry.