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It is perhaps best described as a Trinidadian Daiquiri due to its heavy use of Angostura Bitters. According to Owen Rutter, it was also originally made...
Didn’t have my hard copy Difford’s to hand, so looked this up on the website. It was only when I spotted the much reduced number of dashes of angostura that realised you had changed the recipe.
Honestly I much prefer the original one. If you’re going to massively alter a recipe, can you at least say so in the description and give us the previous version so we have the choice.
I have been noting changes to recipes in comments or the recipes themselves for the past couple of years. Obviously, I always think the latest version of a recipe is the best version, and I’m continually revisiting recipes in a quest for the best.
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Honestly I much prefer the original one. If you’re going to massively alter a recipe, can you at least say so in the description and give us the previous version so we have the choice.