Colada cocktails

Colada cocktails
Piña Colada history

Colada cocktails

The classic Piña Colada and numerous recipes proving there's more to Colada cocktails than just rum, pineapple and coconut.

Pina Colada (Difford's recipe)

A splash of cachaça adds some Latin funk, lime adds a citrusy bite while a splash of fresh cream makes this Piña Colada creamy white.

Piña Verde

Green Chartreuse blended with coconut and pineapple – yummm.

Champagne Piña Colada

Deliciously creamy pineapple and coconut enlivened by champagne with rum notes shining through.

Banana Colada

Don't skimp, use a whole banana per drink for real flavour.

Absinthe Colada

How brilliantly and seductively creamy coconut tames absinthe and rhum agricole makes this colada served frappé dangerous.

Almond Pina Colada

As the name suggests, this rum-laced cocktail has flavours of pineapple and almond.

Pina Colada Cocktail (Puerto Rican style)

A wonderful creamy, fruity concoction that's not half as sticky as the world would have you believe. Too much ice will detract from the creaminess and

Caribbean Colada

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

Creamy Vanilla Colada

Creamy yoghurt married with aged rum and richly flavoured with vanilla.

Koko Colada

A ridiculously simple, three-equal-parts party cocktail, shaken to produce a pineapple and coconut cocktail fortified with rum and crowned with a foamy

Painkiller

The broadside firepower of navy rum balances sweet pineapple and coconut in what is an all too delicious Tiki-style libation.

Caribbean Piña Colada

Angostura and salt make this a less sticky Colada.

Castro's Pina Colada

Coconut rum and pineapple juice with balancing lime tartness.

Dead Parrot Colada

Gin and delicate maraschino cherry with orange and lemon, coconut and a hint of Norwegian aquavit character.

Fresh Colada

BLEND all ingredients with scoop of crushed ice and pour into chilled glass.

Temperance Piña Colada

A Piña Colada with its guts ripped out.

Pina Colada Cocktail (Cuban Style)

This Colada has no coconut, but it is smooth, balanced and rather tasty.

Tequila Colada

Adapted from a recipe created by Allan Suárez of Mexico who is a Patrón Perfectionists Global Finalist 2020.

Trinidad Colada

An indulgent use of bitters to produce an equally indulgent, and a tad challenging, cocktail.

White Negroni Piña Colada

Just as it says on the tin – a White Negroni crossed with a Piña Colada, but the delight of crossbreeding is a tasty mezcal-based mongrel of a cocktail.