Pina Colada
by Movie Poster Prints
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Pina Colada
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Movie Poster Prints
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Digital Art
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The name pina colada literally means "strained pineapple", a reference to the freshly pressed and strained pineapple juice used in the drink's preparation.
Two Puerto Rican bartenders contest the ownership of their national drink. Ramón 'Monchito' Marrero Perez claims to have first made it at the Caribe Hilton Hotel's Beachcomber Bar in San Juan in 1954, using the then newly-availablecoco lópez cream of coconut. Coco lópez was developed in Puerto Rico in 1948 by Don Ramon Lopez-Irizarry, hence the Puerto Rican connection and the 1952 account of the drink's creation. Some say the drink did not acquire its name until the 1960s.
The Caribe Hilton Hotel sits on a 17-acre peninsula outside San Juan and was the first luxury hotel to open in the region, becoming a popular destination for the rich and famous who helped spread word of the drink.
Ramón Portas Mingot also says he created it in 1963 at the Barrachina Restaurant, 104 Fortaleza Street, Old San Juan. The restaurant stands by his claim to this day.
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July 3rd, 2015
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