Coconut cream
Juice & mixers · usually a base spirit · in 2 cocktails here
What it is
Sweetened cream of coconut, such as Coco López — not the unsweetened coconut milk sold for cooking.
Typically about £4 a bottle in the UK.
What it tastes like
Thick, very sweet coconut with a fatty texture. Nothing like coconut milk, which is thin and unsweetened.
What it does in a drink
Sweetener and texturiser at once — it supplies both the sugar and the body in a tropical drink.
Cocktails with coconut cream
Unlocks 2 recipes on Drinki.
What it pairs with
The ingredients that turn up alongside coconut cream far more often than chance would predict.
Substitutes
- any cream of coconut — must be the sweetened kind, not tinned coconut milk