Name: Trinidad Especial
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Aromatic bitters; 10 ml Pisco; 30 ml Orgeat syrup; 20 ml Lime juice

Trinidad Especial
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
¹⁄₃ oz	BarSol Mosto Verde Italia Pisco
1 oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) - Nuts

Review:

This deep reddy-brown bittersweet drink is based upon sweet almond syrup balancing bitter notes from the Angostura and lime tartness. With a whole shot of Angostura this cocktail is most unusual.

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Variant:

Trinidad Sour

History:

Created by Italian Barman, Valentino Bolognese and the winning drink in the Angostura European Cocktail Competition held at Mood Bar, Paris in January 2008.

Nutrition:

One serving of Trinidad Especial contains 124 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
14.37% alc./vol. (14.37° proof)
12.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Ignacy Szczupal

26th September 2022 at 21:33

Great surprise! Shake well! I must try if 15 or 20 ml of Pisco instead of 10 would make it even better. I

Ant Hern

10th January 2021 at 01:17

I marginally prefer this over the Trinidad Sour, as I think the equal amounts of bitters and orgeat play better with my slightly sweet tooth. But that’s splitting hairs as they’re both awesome. Although I can’t have them TOO often, or I’d be getting through bitters by the crate haha!

Richard Elgar

6th September 2020 at 19:56

I have wanted to make the Trinidad Sour forever, but when I saw this recipe, I was instantly convinced. I made one to celebrate the anniversary of Angostura Bitters Limited, but could have obviously also celebrated Trinidad and Tobago's independence a day later. Definitely one to try!

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