Ernest Hemingway's contribution to a 1935 collection of authors' cocktails, named for his 1932 bullfighting book. A jigger of absinthe is drowned in iced Champagne until the glass clouds to an opalescent, pale-green milkiness — the louche effect of anise oils blooming out of solution. Bracing, herbal, and deceptively potent; Hemingway advised drinking three to five, slowly.
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Pour the absinthe into a chilled Champagne flute.
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Top slowly with iced Champagne until the drink turns an opalescent, milky pale green (the louche).
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Do not stir; serve at once and sip slowly.