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Matador

Contributed by Cocktails 2010
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  • SERVINGS: Makes 1 drink

Hidetsugo Ueno chooses from seven different shaking methods when making his cocktails: hard, high-speed, short-pitch, long-stroke, regular two-step, regular three-step or non-step. For matadors he uses the short-pitch shake, which involves the wrist only; it adds air and "whips" the drink.

cocktails Glassware Guide

  1. Ice
  2. 1 1/2 ounces blanco tequila
  3. 1 ounce unsweetened pineapple juice
  4. 1/3 ounce fresh lime juice
  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the tequila, pineapple juice and lime juice and shake well. Strain the drink into an ice-filled rocks glass.