Name: Tequila Matador
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Reposado tequila; 60 ml Pineapple juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 4 drop Daiquiri bitters

Tequila Matador
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupe 21cl

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

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge on rim.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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.

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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. (8.42° proof)
8.9 grams of pure alcohol

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