Coconut Heart

1 oz coconut rum
Pineapple juice
1 oz Pina Colada mix
1/2 oz light rum white

Well, that's what our friendly barman Kenny (known ubiquitously as 'Cool Kenny') wrote on a scrap of paper that we brought back with us from Jamaica. Yes, we went all the way to Jamaica and all we brought back for you is this lousy cocktail recipe! But, hey, at least it wasn't a lousy cocktail.

Rum punch was a pretty lousy cocktail, in our opinion. It may be the most popular drink on the island (as well as the title of the Elmore Leonard novel that inspired Tarantino's brilliant movie Jackie Brown), but the ones we had tasted like cheap rum mixed with very cheap synthetic fruit juice (which is probably exactly what they were). Coconut Heart, on the other hand, had far more elegance and depth of flavor, while still seeming like an authentic taste of the Caribbean.

• Nose: coconut, pineapple and rum (funnily enough)
• Taste: ditto
• Looks: we don't remember for sure, but Kathy says it was yellowish-white in a 'woman-shaped glass', and I distinctly recall a Mascherano cherry (like a maraschino cherry, but with a bit more bite) and possibly an umbrella, though Kathy says the umbrella was just my imagination
• Goes with: a hotel swimming pool, a Montego Bay sunset, jerk chicken, and Ding Dong's 'Tom Cruise' played on a loop
• Rating: 7 out of 10

Verdict: Probably a bit too sweet for most occasions, but a nice souvenir of a cool trip.