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Caribbean Colada

Name: Caribbean Colada
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Light white rum; 30 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 30 ml Pineapple liqueur; 5 ml Coconut syrup; 5 ml Passion fruit syrup; 30 ml Orange juice

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1 fl oz	Giffard Caribbean Pineapple liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Coconut Syrup
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Passion Fruit Syrup
1 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Hurricane glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a HURRICANE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of pineapple, Luxardo Maraschino Cherry & paper parasol.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Caribbean Colada contains 266 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
16.97% alc./vol. (33.95° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe promoted by Giffard in June 2016 with the launch of their Caribbean Pineapple liqueur.

Review

Rum and pineapple strike up a tropical harmony, helped by coconut, passionfruit and orange.

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Giffard Premium Pineapple Liqueur 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
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Monin Passion Fruit Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail

$3.56 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

Being a big rum drinker and having many original tiki mugs and cocktail books, I found this a little on the disappointing side. It wasn't awful, but seems to lack some flavours. The pineapple and coconut flavours were weak, and not what I was expecting from anything with Colada in its name.

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