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Spanish Eyes

Name: Spanish Eyes
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 22.5 ml Pacharan liqueur; 5 ml Mezcal; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 4 drop Chocolate bitters

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (8)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
³⁄₄ fl oz	Reposado tequila (100% agave)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
³⁄₄ fl oz	Pacharan liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
³⁄₄ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
4 drop	Chocolate bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest and star anise.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with star anise floated on cocktail.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Spanish Eyes contains 131 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
15.5% alc./vol. (31° proof)
15.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in August 2015 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England. Why Spanish eyes? Tequila distillers speak Spanish, Byrrh is made close to the Spanish boarder, pacharan is very Spanish, as are the best oranges. Plus my missus is half Spanish, so has brown eyes, and this drink is brownish.

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Review

Reminiscent of a Mexican Blood & Sand, refreshing and complex.

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Dubonnet Red 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
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Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$42.99 $0.29 per cocktail

$2.41 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Michael Zuercher 1y

Delicious riff on the Blood & Sand, and the Pacharán liqueur fits in very well (maybe reduce it a little and increase the tequila to make a dryer cocktail).

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