What makes a great Christmas cocktail? Is it the use of saccharine-sweet syrups to give it a green and red appearance? Is it a heavy pour of creme de menthe to make everything taste like a candy cane?

Model Joan Smalls knows how to serve face, a serious walk down the runway, and, as it turns out, a delicious glass of coquito. The beauty, who was born and raised in Puerto Rico, says the holidays can ...

Translating to “little coconut” in Spanish, coquito is a coconut-based cocktail that’s similar to eggnog in the sense that it’s creamy, spiked with liquor and served at Christmas (but it’s different ...

Eggnog may be the go-to drink at this time of year in many areas of the U.S., but in Puerto Rico and in many Hispanic communities the preferred choice is the Coquito. This combination of rum, coconut, ...

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