piña
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If the flower blooms, the sugar is completely depleted, making the piña useless for alcohol production.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
The whirring piña colada machine tempted me, but at $15 a glass, it would quickly drain my budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Faux-Greek columns rise like they’re holding up the heavens; murals swirl across the ceiling in the color palette of a piña colada; the lighting is the same warm gold as melted butter.
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
Did Mike White invite you over for piña coladas and explain what’s going to happen?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
She made desserts for everyone in our village—dulce de camote con piña, empanadas de guayaba, palanquetas de cacahuate.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
The piñas must get to a pressure cooker within 24 hours, where the sugars can be extracted.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
They then load the piñas into a truck for roasting, which can take another week once the subterranean oven is constructed.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Once roasted, the piñas are shredded and pressed to extract their sugary juices.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
In time, the piñas are tossed into baskets carried by mules, loaded onto trucks and driven to the factory.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
These piñas are then carefully weighed and put into a subliming furnace, Figs.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
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