Malibu and Cola
Coconut and cola, carefree.
Malibu coconut liqueur lengthened with cola over plenty of ice and lifted with a little lime. A sweet, easy long drink ready in a minute.
- Long drink
- Built
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Method
- Built
- Strength
- Very light
- Time
- 1 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- Cubes
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Malibu coconut rum liqueur
60 ml
-
Cola
top up
Garnish
- Lime wedge
Proportions
How to make
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour the Malibu.
- Top up with cola.
- Stir gently.
- Add a lime wedge.
The story
Origins
LegendA story passed down, not confirmed by the sources.
Malibu and Cola is a simple bar mix with no known inventor: its story is that of the liqueur that defines it. Malibu was born in the late 1970s; according to Difford's Guide the idea came from three Britons, Peter Fleck, James Espey and Tom Jago, who in 1978 in London developed a coconut-flavoured rum liqueur, first called Coco Rico. The Malibu brand was launched in 1980 with its famous white bottle and palm trees at sunset. For many years it was produced at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. Today the brand itself promotes the pairing with cola, served over ice with lime.
Taste profile
- Sweet
- 4 out of 5
- Bubbly
- 3 out of 5
- Fruity
- 2 out of 5
