The piña colada is a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both.
The drink originated in Puerto Rico.
Piña colada
Ramón Portas Mingot is credited with creating the drink.
Piña colada
Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is often aged in barrels of oak. Rum originated in the Caribbean in the 17th century, but today it is produced in nearly every major sugar-producing region of the world, such as the Philippines, where Tanduay Distillers, the largest producer of rum worldwide, has its headquarters.
A glass of dark rum
Rum display in a liquor store (United States, 2009)
Government House rum, manufactured by the Virgin Islands Company distillery in St. Croix, circa 1941
Pirates carrying rum to shore to purchase slaves as depicted in The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms