Since summer began I have been receiving e-mails from some of my readers asking me about a Coconut Limeade that they had in Cartagena and loved. Okay guys, after some phone calls to Colombia, I have the recipe for you.
I don’t know how good the Limonada de Coco that my readers had in Colombia was, but let me tell you, this recipe is really delicious and refreshing. Thanks to my wonderful readers that told me about this drink and to my friends in Colombia who helped me to find the recipe for you.
Buen provecho!
Ingredients
(2 servings)
1 cup cream of coconut
2 1/2 cups crushed iced
Juice of 3 limes
2 tablespoons of sugar or to your taste
Directions
1. Place all the ingredients in a blender until smooth.
2. Serve immediately and enjoy.
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Though I can’t wait for the weather to cool down, this will certainly do while we wait.
Oh my goodness…this sounds amazing! I want one =)
I can’t tell you how delicious this looks! Forget strawberry smoothies – this will be my hot weather quencher.
I LOVE Limonada de Coco and we always get it at Wok. Thank you for posting this Erica!
I am making this! What a lovely combination of flavors. I love it.
this Looks So Good! I Love Anything With Coconut!
This is SO good! Thank you for posting, it has a permanent place in my recipe book. ♥
wow, this is completely new to me. never thought of combining coconut milk and lime together for a drink. looks very refreshing
Wow! This is a gorgeous and fun drink!
Looks delish….can I add a little rum?
Norma- That sounds good
Oh wow, this just sounds so refreshing! I have got to make this for this evening What a treat.
Erica, yes this is a great drink here in Cartagena, in several restaurants we often visit they use ..leche condensada..condensed milk, this gives it a still smoother texture
thank you
Jim- I have to add sweet condensed milk next time…..it sounds wonderful! Thank you!
Jim,
The last time I was in Cartagena & Barranquilla, earlier this year, I heard that indeed they use condensed milk, but instead of using crema de coco, they use agua de coco with lime juice and condensed milk, with ice. Now, I have to do a LOT of research to figure out the proportions! Today, I discovered that it may be good with rum, but please use the light rum, since the dark Jamaican rum makes it taste like limonada de coco with molasses…not good!
if you asked me yesterday what my favorite refreshing beverage was, i would’ve said a strawberry limeade. now i’m not so sure–i LOVE coconut!
Wow, this sounds like a super refreshing and delicious drink! Thanks for sharing!
Looks delicious! Which brand of cream of coconut do you recommend? Is it the sweet one?
Thanks for the recipe.
Mari’s- I used coco real.
A delightful summer drink!
Sounds wonderful, and easy to achieve; I have some cream of coconut handy so I can’t wait to give this a shot! Looks deliciously refreshing!
I am Colombian and taste this refreshing beverege at my nices house in Cartagena last January and now this is favorite refreshing beverage. I LOVE coconut
A stunning refreshing coconut drink!!
Cheers!
esta receta se ve rikisima, me acorde cuando molestabamos en la casa cuando pedian limonada y no habian limones entonces deciamos q mejor una limonada de mango….. veo q tambien hay limonada de coco!!!!
Loved it
It made me feel like it was summer, even though its 40 degrees here, delicious
thank you!
how much ingredients would i need to make enough for a spanish class of 20???
Sounds delicious and easy! I’ll try it. By the way, do you know of any other recipe for making postre de pina? not Flan, but one that seems to have pieces of pina as well as angel cake or something that looks like bread. I tried it once when I was a little girl and it was so good.
Thank you.
Viviana:
Would the pineapple dessert that you described have been called a “Merengon”? I had something like this once, but it was with guanabana instead of pineapple.
DELICIOUS AND REFRESHING!!!
I’m in Yopal, Casanare (Colombia) right now and I was looking for the recipe cuz this drink is just AWESOME
I’ll make it when I get back to Europe, which is next week !
Tasty, but seriously high in calories and saturated fat. Don’t make this a regular drink.
I just got back from Cartagena and sat at the bar of the Montesacro restaurant at the Plaza Bolivar and watched them make this. They only used the coconut milk and sugar. After trying the limonada de coco at Montesacro, I ordered it also at other restaurants and was sorely disappointed. El Hotel Caribe’s was the worst. Erica, the recipe you’ve listed is identical to the Montesacro’s. Less sugar would be just as good.
Eliseo, Thank you so much for your comment!
oops… to clarify, they used the limes and the rest of the recipe but didn’t use “leche condensada”.
This looks delicious, Erica. Perfect for this warm weather.
Have a wonderful weekend
I had this in villa de leyva about recently but it didn’t have the ice so it was creamier. I absolutely loved it. Haven’t tried your recipe but it seems like it has all the right ingredients, though I think they make the limeade with the rind too. I will give it a shot
I made this last night as directed in the recipe. It was very good – even better with a shot of coconut rum.
I do think that next time I’ll try either the condensed milk (for the smoother & sweeter drink) or regular coconut milk (for the calories).