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Can't Make it to Puerto Rico? Bring a Taste of the Islands to You!

Caribe Hilton | San Juan, Puerto Rico from the beach

Puerto Rico's Caribe Hilton is the birth place the Piña Colada. A new collaboration allows you to bring that quintessential Caribe flavor home for the holidays.

The 17-acre Puerto Rico resort Caribe Hilton is knonw for many things. A warm turquoise sea. Sparkling aquamarie pools. Zen Spa Oceano treatments. Cuban, Puerto Rican, and seafood restaurants. Tropical gardens and a bird sanctuary featuring peacocks. 

Caribe Hilton | San Juan, Puerto Rico

But of all the things the resort is known for, none has had the global influence of its major claim to fame: in 1954, Caribe Hilton bartender Ramón “Monchito” Marrero mixed rum, coconut cream, and pineapple juice together and created the world's first Piña Colada cocktail.

 

Monchito creator of pina colada

 

Naturally the best way to experience this unique cocktail is in it's natural habitat, sipping it poolside at the Caribe Hilton.

 

pina colada poolside at the caribe hilton in puerto rico

 

But most of us can't make it to the islands this year. Thankfully Caribe Hilton has a solution for that. The hotel has teamed up with Coquito NYC to create, bottle, and deliver a special Con Piña blend.

Ad for the Caribe Hilton and COQUITO pina collaboration

Coquito ("Little Coconut" in Spanish) is a traditional holiday drink that like the Piña Colada originated in Puerto Rico, and like the colada it features rum and coconut cream (as well as coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, and spices). 

Coquito NYC has perfected a version that also includes eggs (making it like a coconut egg nog)  and sells a home kit that brings the flavors of the island into your own kitchen, where you can enjoy the traditional Latinx holiday experience of making the drink from scratch. The Coquito NYC Home Kit comes with everything you need to make the drink except the eggs and rum. 

 

Coquito NYC Home Kit

Yielding 4-5 servings, the kit includes four straws, four glass bottles, 1 can of sweetened condensed milk, 1 can of evaporated milk, 1 can of organic coconut milk, vanilla extract, and the company's signature spice blend.

The new Con Piña version infuses the classic blend with pineapple for a piña colada-inspired coquito that will transport you to the  beaches of Puerto Rico.

Caribe Coquito Con Pina product photo

 

Order yours today (delivered in New York City, or shipped elsewhere). Then lean back in your chair, cast photos of Caribe Hilton to your screen, and book your post-troubled-times Puerto Rico vacation! Cheers. That's what we call a happy holiday!

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