Today is National Pina Colada Day. The drink is a sweet rum-based cocktail made with rum, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, and then it is usually blended or mixed with ice. A maraschino cherry is usually used as a garnish.
It is the National Drink of Jamaica.
Pina Colada means strained pineapple.
The Pina Colada was invented by a pirate.
“Escape” The Pina Colada Song by Rupert Holmes became a number-one song in the United States in December 1979—making it the last tune to top the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1970s.
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Fake – It has been the National Drink of Puerto Rico since 1978.
Fact – Pina in Spanish is Pineapple and colada means strained.
Fact – Well sort of anyway. Legend has it that Puerto Rican pirate Roberto Cofresí (aka “El Pirata Cofresí”) would boost morale on his ship by offering his crew a blend of pineapple, coconut and white rum. This recipe eventually turned into the piña colada, the way millions of people know it today.
Fact -It is best known for its iconic chorus: “If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain.” In fact, the lyric became so memorable that the record company added a parenthetical tagline to the song title— “The Piña Colada Song.”
