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Beverage

Coquito

Coquito is Puerto Rico's Christmas drink — a thick, creamy coconut eggnog of coconut milk and cream of coconut bound with sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, spiked with white rum and perfumed with vanilla and cinnamon. Its name means "little coconut," and it is the festive heart of the island's holiday table, made in batches from Thanksgiving through Three Kings' Day, bottled, and shared. Pale, sweet and potent, it is served well chilled in small glasses with a dusting of cinnamon or nutmeg. Unlike American eggnog it is built on coconut rather than a custard base, and most modern versions use no egg at all.

SweetLightly alcoholic
At a glance
Signature
Coconut & Cinnamon
Vanilla
Strength
Lightly alcoholic
by taste profile
Coquito reads first as rich, sweet coconut cream laced with warm cinnamon and rounded vanilla, with a clear warming lift of white rum underneath and a faint nutmeg-and-clove spice on the finish. The body is thick and silky from condensed milk and coconut fat, frankly sweet and dessert-like, with the rum giving heat rather than dryness.
Taste balance
SweetnessMedium
DrySweet
AciditySoft
SoftTart
BitternessSmooth
SmoothBitter
StrengthMedium
LightStrong

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