Celebrate National Pina Colada Days
July 10, 2025
Let’s celebrate National Piña Colada Day! This drink with pineapple juice, coconut cream and rum brings with it memories of tropical breezes, palm trees, beaches and lazy hot days.
This popular drink was created in San Juan, Puerto Rica. Although there’s some debate over as to which bartender concocted the drink, one of the claims relates to the Barrachina Restaurant in Old San Juan. I’ve actually dined there and found it to be a charming experience.
There’s nothing more relaxing than sipping a tropical beverage while lying in a lounge chair facing the ocean. That’s where I am right now… on another cruise. So, I’ll order a pina colada in your honor! If you’d like to feel you’re here with me, pick up a copy of Killer Knots, my cruise ship mystery. I guarantee you’ll feel like you are on a cruise.
And if you have a good book to read, so much the better. What kind of books appeal to you in the summer— romances that are light and frothy like a tropical rum drink, fast-paced thrillers gathering steam like a brew of bold coffee, or perhaps a cozy mystery to tease you like a cup of fragrant tea?
Here’s a coconut-y drink you can make at home if you’re not fond of pineapple juice:
COQUITO
Blend the first six ingredients in a blender. Pour into a pitcher or individual glasses. Add light rum to taste, stir and enjoy!
15 oz. can coconut milk
14 oz. can condensed milk
12 oz. can evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
Light Rum
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Books for contest looks and sounds like great reads looking forward to reading them so I can review them
Good luck in the contest!
mmmmmm. Pina coladas. I miss the days when I could have them…. well, in some ways 🥴
I get tipsy now from rum drinks that are too strong, and these can be sugary as well. That rum punch I just had on Coco Cay gave me a punch, all right.
My husband and I are frequent cruisers, and it’s our little tradition to kick things off with a Piña Colada on the first evening. It’s not officially a cruise until we’re sipping something tropical while watching the sea. It’s pure bliss in a glass!
I’ll have a rum punch on the beach, but otherwise I stick to wine mostly on the ship. These mixed drinks can be too sugary and kill my appetite for dinner until I drink them early enough. But they are oh, so good!
I’m trying to remember the last time I had a pina colada. Probably the last time I was in Key West 9 years ago. You’ve whet my appetite, Nancy.
Time to party and put on some Caribbean music!
I like to read cozy mysteries, paranormal, historical fiction, fantasy and some romance. Deborah
That’s a good variety of reading material!
Good afternoon, I like reading romance , suspense , mystery and I also like to read psychological thrillers and historical fiction, I like different genres. Thank you for sharing your Pina colada recipe, Pina coladas are refreshing and very tasty especially when the temps are pretty warm. Have a great day and a great weekend.
I can make this at home and drink it but not on a ship before dinner or it would kill my appetite. Anything with coconut flavor makes for a refreshing summer cocktail.
I like reading cozies and mysteries and some chick-lit with a summer theme during the warmer weather. A pina colada goes well when reading any time of the year.
You’re right. A good book and an appealing drink make for an intoxicating combination!
I also went to that restaurant when I was in Puerto Rico and had a pina colada there. I love cozy mysteries with beach and summer themes this time of year.
I’ll be back in San Juan at the end of November. Hope to have another drink then!