In the 1820s, Puerto Rican pirate Roberto Cofresí (a.k.a. "El Pirata Cofresí"), to inspire his crew to keep a high morale he gave them a beverage or cocktail that contained coconut, pineapple and white rum.[2] This was what would be later known as the famous piña colada. With his death in 1825, the recipe for the piña colada was lost, until the barman of the Hilton Hotel Caribe in Puerto Rico discovered the recipe.
The Caribe Hilton Hotel in Puerto Rico claims that their bartender, Ramon "Monchito" Marrero created the piña colada on August 15, 1954 after spending 3 months perfecting the recipe.[citation needed] There is also a bar in Old San Juan that makes a similar claim.
Barrachina, a restaurant in Puerto Rico, also claims to be the birth place of the piña colada:
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In the 1820s, Puerto Rican pirate Roberto Cofresí (a.k.a. "El Pirata Cofresí"), to inspire his crew to keep a high morale he gave them a beverage or cocktail that contained coconut, pineapple and white rum.[2] This was what would be later known as the famous piña colada. With his death in 1825, the recipe for the piña colada was lost, until the barman of the Hilton Hotel Caribe in Puerto Rico discovered the recipe.
The Caribe Hilton Hotel in Puerto Rico claims that their bartender, Ramon "Monchito" Marrero created the piña colada on August 15, 1954 after spending 3 months perfecting the recipe.[citation needed] There is also a bar in Old San Juan that makes a similar claim.
Barrachina, a restaurant in Puerto Rico, also claims to be the birth place of the piña colada: