FIRST - Pina Colada Made
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TCOMGUY
N 18° 27.879 W 066° 07.036
19Q E 804467 N 2044021
Location where the First Pina Colada was made.
Waymark Code: WMCDR
Location: Puerto Rico
Date Posted: 05/12/2006
Views: 101
This is the building in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico where Mr. Ramon Portas Mingot, created the first Pina Colada in 1963 in the Barrachina Bar (it is still there). However, as I explain below, there is another "group" claiming the creation of the first Pina Colada.
The second theory submits that the FIRST Pina Colada was made in the Caribe Hilton Hotel by Ramon Marrero. But since the main proponents of this theory (detailed below) are the Hotel and one of the companies that make the ingredients for the recipe (Coco Lopez), I am a bit skeptikal.
The link included below has a long post by "George S." He researched the publications around both dates and only found references to the Pina Colada after 1963. Another reason to believe the "Barrachina Story" and not the "Hilton // Coco Lopez" version.
Here is the ORIGINAL Recipe:
Ingredients:
one fresh pineapple
one green coconut
white rum
one cup crushed ice
Pour the juice of the coconut into a blender
Add a scoop of the coconut jelly (the gooey stuff between the milk and the meat)
Chop off the top of the pineapple and set aside
Hollow out the pineapple and place contents into the blender
Mix pineapple and coconut well
Add the rum
Add crushed ice and blend 5 minutes until CREAMY
Pour pina colada into the hollowed out pineapple
Make a hole in the top of the pineapple for a straw, close and serve
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1963
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