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It’s been a long time since I shared a rum here on Prettygreentea. I’m usually a fan of spiced rums, especially when it comes to cocktails. Both Phil and I enjoy a good Dark ‘N’ Stormy or Frozen Mango Spiced Daiquiri. Today we’re going to be taking about something a little more tropical, Koko Kanu<\/a>, a coconut flavoured rum.<\/p>\n I’d seen this beautiful bottle popping up in my friend’s Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> timeline for a couple of months. The bottle really stood out to me with its tropical 1950s imagery. Richard is a big fan of rums and I trust his opinion. So, when the chance to give Koko Kanu came up I knew I was onto a winner.<\/p>\n Koko Kanu is made in Kingston. As I’m sure you’ll know, Jamaica is renowned for its rum. Koko Kanu is made at the Wray & Nephew Distillery which has been making rum for over 150 years. They use a white rum which is aged for a minimum of one year and naturally flavoured with coconut essence. After the aging process it is then charcoal filtered to achieve it’s crisp, crystal clear colour.<\/p>\n It has a sweet coconut fragrance when you open up the bottle. From the scent alone you can tell that this is going to be a sweet drink. I always try a new liqueur neat over ice and this one did not disappoint. I found that it had a distinctive and strong coconut flavour and was very smooth. It’s sweet (but not sickly<\/em>) which makes it very easy to drink neat.<\/p>\n It’s a versatile rum which not only works well on it’s own but also with various simple mixers or in cocktails. If you’re looking for a quick and simple mixer then try Coca Cola, lemonade, cranberry, Ting (the best grapefruit drink) or simply pineapple juice. If you fancy getting creative then try making a mojito.<\/p>\n Today\u00a0I decided to make a very basic Pina Colada. The coconut within the rum means you can cheat a little, super handy for when you don’t have any coconut in the cupboard.<\/p>\n I used a lovely thick pineapple and mango smoothie but you could also use a pure pineapple juice if you want to avoid any extra sugar in the drink. I poured in around 1 cup of the smoothie into my cocktail shaker. Use 2 cups if you’re going to be serving in a taller glass.<\/p>\n I then put in 2 double shots of Koko Kanu (100ml<\/em>) – this was to make 2 drinks. Don’t forget that this is a strong rum with 37.5% vol.<\/p>\n Add lots of ice\u00a0and then shake\u00a0shake shake! Alternatively you could pop the smoothie, rum and ice into a blender for a much thicker and icy texture.<\/p>\n Pour into your favourite glasses and relax in the sunshine. I always feel like I’m on holiday when I drink this, it has such a tropical vibe to it. This is a delightfully easy way to enjoy Koko Kanu.<\/p>\n Check back in next week for a Koko Kanu<\/a> cocktail post.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You can find Koko Kanu in\u00a0Waitrose<\/a>, Sainsbury\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0and Ocado<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s been a long time since I shared a rum here on Prettygreentea. I’m usually a fan of spiced rums, especially when it comes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12214"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12222,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12214\/revisions\/12222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Koko](\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4389\/36843635756_5214e5e68a_c.jpg\")
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