{"id":276429,"date":"2025-06-06T04:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T04:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alcohol\/in-madeira-the-nikita-cocktail-is-a-frosty-summer-treat\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T04:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T04:56:43","slug":"in-madeira-the-nikita-cocktail-is-a-frosty-summer-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=276429","title":{"rendered":"In Madeira, the Nikita Cocktail Is a Frosty Summer Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Content Blocks --><\/p>\n<section class=\"new_article_block content-block\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was 1985, and the boomboxes of Madeira, a Portuguese island off the northwestern coast of Africa, were blasting Elton John\u2019s \u201cNikita.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, Nikita, you will never know<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anything about my home<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll never know how good it feels to hold you<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikita, I need you so<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, the song was dominating the radio at one particular bar in the fishing port of C\u00e2mara de Lobos. Legend has it that in 1985, a bartender there named Marcelino created a bold new drink: a combination of pineapple, ice cream (or perhaps pineapple ice cream), beer and wine, which he christened the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/recipes\/nikita\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikita<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The drink, like the song, was a hit, and today is available across Madeira.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don\u2019t know Marcelino\u2019s exact impetus for blending these disparate ingredients, but it\u2019s fair to assume that the bartender, who had recently returned from Brazil, was trying to create something along the lines of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/articles\/batida-brazil-cachaca-cocktail\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">batida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or perhaps a twist on the Pi\u00f1a Colada. But why did he decide to name his sweet, tropical-leaning concoction after a Cold War\u2013era keyboard ballad about a briefly glimpsed East German border guard?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forty years after the release of \u201cNikita,\u201d I was in C\u00e2mara de Lobos, hoping to make sense of this odd drink. The village is incredibly beautiful, a port edged by rocky walls that rise to a steep basin carpeted green with banana trees. It\u2019s also an important place for indigenous drink culture: The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/articles\/poncha-madeira-summer-cocktail-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">poncha<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Madeira\u2019s most famous cocktail, was allegedly invented here, and the pier was buzzing with bars serving local mixed drinks. I headed to the origin.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"new_article_block image_block\">\n<p><!-- Image Block --><br \/>\n  <!-- full bleed --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-block-full\">\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg 2340w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=200,112 200w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=700,394 700w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1000,562 1000w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1500,844 1500w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1600,900 1600w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1920,1080 1920w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" alt=\"Nikita cocktail Madeira\" class=\"single-image\"\/> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"new_article_block content-block\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marcelino is said to have invented the Nikita at a bar called Farol Verde. Today, the place is known as A Casa do Farol, and a sign above the entrance proclaims: \u201cThe Original Nikita Since 1985.\u201d But these days Marcelino is long gone, the business having changed owners in 2014, and the space has more of a restaurant vibe. I ordered a Nikita, and into a pitcher went two generous scoops of pineapple ice cream, a trickle of white wine from a box and a scant splash of beer. He mixed these with the muddler-like tool known affectionately on Madeira as the caralhinho, or \u201clittle dick,\u201d and poured the drink into a small mug, garnishing it with a single cube of ice. The drink had a pale yellow color, and was cool and refreshing but unabashedly sugary, the cloying sweetness rendering the alcohol essentially nonexistent. After a couple sips, I headed across the street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"new_article_block post_block has-1\">\n<div class=\"cc_holder tease\">\n<div class=\"cc_image\">\n<div class=\"cc_image-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"tease__image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/recipes\/nikita\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tease__image\" src=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg\" alt=\"Nikita cocktail Madeira\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 96vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=150,79 150w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=200,105 200w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=500,262 500w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=600,314 600w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=700,366 700w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=800,419 800w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1000,523 1000w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/social-2-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=50,26 50w\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cc_text_card\">\n<div class=\"cc_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/recipes\/nikita\/\"><\/p>\n<h3><span>Nikita<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMadeira\u2019s tropical, float-like drink.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"new_article_block content-block\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At my next stop, a bar called Sete Mares, I received a crash course in the Nikita, including its N\/A version. Into one glass, the bartender poured the alcohol-free version, a Portuguese pineapple soda mixed with pineapple ice cream, which I would come to learn is also common on the island. For the second glass, he combined the same ice cream, a teaspoon of sugar, a tiny glass of draught Coral (a type of local lager) and a generous splash of vinho verde (Portugal\u2019s \u201cgreen\u201d wine), mixing them with the muddler (an electric blender, he said, will render the drink \u201ctoo fluffy\u201d). The boozy Nikita was surprisingly balanced\u2014the acidity of the wine and pineapple and the bitterness of the beer holding all that ice cream in check\u2014and pleasantly refreshing. \u201cThe flavors should come together in a way that nothing stands out,\u201d the bartender told me.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"new_article_block image_block\">\n<p><!-- Image Block --><br \/>\n  <!-- full bleed --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-block-full\">\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg 2340w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=200,112 200w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=700,394 700w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1000,562 1000w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1500,844 1500w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1600,900 1600w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1920,1080 1920w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline3-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" alt=\"\" class=\"single-image\"\/> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"new_article_block content-block\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I felt I was starting to grasp the Nikita: Alcohol was optional. It was balanced, if a bit sweet. It contained three ingredients. And it was inevitably cool and refreshing. But over my next few days on Madeira, I came to see that no two bars made the drink in the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Ba\u00fa dos Reis, a roadside bar dwarfed by the mountains of inland Madeira, the bartender described the Nikita as \u201ca drink for everybody, even kids,\u201d referring to the alcohol-free version. I requested an adult Nikita and she asked if I wanted beer or wine. \u201cBoth,\u201d I replied, not having realized I had a choice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"new_article_block image_block\">\n<p><!-- Image Block --><br \/>\n  <!-- full bleed --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-block-full\">\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg 2340w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=200,112 200w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=500,281 500w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=700,394 700w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1000,562 1000w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1500,844 1500w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1600,900 1600w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=1920,1080 1920w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w, https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inline1-Madeira-Nikita-Cocktail.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" alt=\"Nikita cocktail Madeira\" class=\"single-image\"\/> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"new_article_block content-block\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a different day, I learned that pineapple wasn\u2019t the only game in town. At Filhos D\u2019 Mar, a bar seemingly dedicated to native son Cristiano Ronaldo, I ordered a Nikita. The bartender\u2019s response was, \u201cWhat kind?\u201d At bars across the island, there are strawberry, tangerine and even kiwi Nikitas. He suggested passion fruit, and I was given a Nikita in which the standard pineapple ice cream\/beer\/wine combo was supplemented with a bonus hit of zest and aroma, the fluorescent orange flecks also providing the drink with some visual flair.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was my first example of Nikita maximalism, and it was delicious. But my order at Taberna da Poncha, one of Madeira\u2019s most famous bars, went in the polar opposite direction: a couple scoops of pineapple ice cream hastily muddled with a glug of beer. It was sweet and icy, more dessert than drink.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On my last day on Madeira, I drove to Venda do S\u00f3cio, a bar clinging to a steep hillside on the island\u2019s southeastern coast. A venda is a particularly Madeiran institution that functions as both a bar and the local bodega, a place where bottles of booze share space with household goods such as potatoes and shampoo. I ordered a Nikita, and the drink was so vibrant and fruity, I felt compelled to ask the bartender if he had used fresh pineapple rather than the ubiquitous pineapple ice cream. 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