Pina Colada
Fresh pineapple, with coconut and cream, shaken and served over crushed ice.
Everywhere you look it seems that the Pina Colada was created by Ricardo Gracia around 1954. According to Ricardo it was created at the Hilton Hotel San Juan Puerto Rico as a variation on the Coco Loco after the coconut cutters went on strike. However, there is reference to the drink, with the correct recipe, in the New York Times April 16, 1950. Four years before Ricardo moved to Puerto Rico. There are also references to the Pina Colada (strained pineapple) and the Pina Fria (Chilled pineapple) as far back as 1910. What is definite is that Ricardo Gracia made the drink famous at the Caribe Hilton, and then took it with him as he was moved from Hilton hotel to Hilton hotel, spreading the cocktail around the world. We make ours with Bacardi and Inner Circle Green rum, fresh pineapple, cream and coconut syrup. All shaken and served over crushed ice in a hurricane glass.
