Post #179702 by spycygrl on Mon, Aug 15, 2005 2:37 AM

The best Pina Colada I've ever had in my life was from a little hut near Akumal in the Yucatan. We found this semi-private beach that we snuck onto and at the end of it was a palapa-roofed snack shack where all the Mayan construction workers would eat at (they were building new beachside mansions for wealthy Europeans). You could get a massive plate of rice and black beans for $1 American. But you could also get a handmade pina colada.

I don't know the proportions, but the Mayan bartender used a machete to hack into a coconut and then poured the milk into a blender and hacked in some of the meat. Then she hacked up a fresh pineapple in there and added some canned pineapple juice. Lots of ice and a squeeze of lime. And of course, a crapload of rum. Garnished with a wedge of fresh pineapple. It think it was $2.50 USD.

We laid on that beach and drank those ALL DAY...with our toes in the powdery white sand and our eyes on that aqua blue water. Yummmm....

[ Edited by: spycygrl 2005-08-15 02:38 ]

[ Edited by: spycygrl 2005-08-15 02:39 ]