Name: Tequila Matador
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Tequila reposado; 60 ml Pineapple juice; 15 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 4 Daiquiri bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in an

Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupe 21cl

Garnish:

Pineapple wedge on rim

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
2 fl oz	Pineapple juice
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
4 drop	Difford's Daiquiri Bitters
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Review:

Restrained in alcohol but not lacking in balance nor fruitiness. I've added a mere four drops of our Daiquiri Bitters to Trader Vic's original recipe but I feel he'd have approved.

Variant:

Matador (Tarling's 1937 Café Royal recipe)
Matador Margarita (Tommy's Style)
Matador (served long)

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide.

TEQUILA MATADOR
1 ounce tequila
2 ounces pineapple juice
Juice of ½ lime
Shake well with shaved ice. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, 1972

Nutrition:

One serving of Tequila Matador contains 98 calories.

Alcohol content:

0.6 standard drinks
8.42% alc./vol. (16.84° proof)
8.9 grams of pure alcohol

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