The Rum Cooler belongs to the category of 'crushed' cocktails and has a relatively recent history: it dates back to the early 1980s, i.e. to a period in history when rum and rum-based cocktails were beginning to spread in Italy, thanks to a few barmen who worked on cruise ships with an American clientele. One of these is Marino Sandron, a passionate connoisseur of Cuba and its rums, who in his Sandon's Yachting Club in Alassio - where, among other things, he creates a cellar full of Cuban rums - decides to renew the drink list by inventing a few new cocktails, the most famous of which is the Rum Cooler.

With the aroma of fruit enhancing rum and the effervescent freshness of ginger ale, the Rum Cooler can be prepared in ten minutes, and is one of those cocktails that are ideal for an after dinner drink and immediately bring to mind warm summer evenings and a relaxed holiday mood. The best time to prepare the original recipe, however, is a different one, and corresponds to the orange-harvesting period, so between October and June.