Rum part of this blending process, light rums may be filtered to remove any colour gained during ageing. For darker rums, caramel may be added to adjust the colour of the final product. Artificial ageing attempts to match the molecular composition of aged rum using heat and light. Besides rum punches, cocktails such as the Cuba libre and daiquiri have well-known stories of their invention in the Caribbean. Tiki culture in the U.S. helped expand rum's horizons with inventions such as the mai tai and zombie. Other well-known cocktails containing rum include the piña colada, a drink made popular in America
Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights of AllMusic gave the album four stars, declaring that thea compilation served as "supporting evidence that the exotica craze was really as vast as it seemed on any number of '90s lounge reissues. Just as importantly, this music is every bit as frothy and fun as the music made by the well-known names of exotica, and that's the reason why any hep cat or kitten should get this set." Daiquiri Dirges Rhum Rhapsodies Mai Tai Mambos Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights is a 2018 compilation album of exotica music