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
Mai Tai (band) saw her daughter exchanging songs with Ruth Jacott, an acknowledged contemporary of Mai Tai. 1983–1996 Mai Tai (band) Mai Tai is a Dutch group (named after the tropical cocktail Mai Tai) that was formed in 1983 by the Dutch record producers Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma with three former backing vocalists Jetty Weels, Mildred Douglas and Caroline de Windt. Their debut single, "Keep On Dancin' " (1983) was only a hit in the Dutch nightclubs. In the summer of 1984 they released a second single, "What Goes O". It became their first hit in the Dutch Top 40, peaking