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Finding the Fastest Bartenders on Earth

Drinking for a Cause

The country’s best female bartenders compete against each other in a high-speed drinks-mixing contest.

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Courtesy Lisa Olson Photography

I found the perfect Singapore Sling in, of all places, the middle of the desert.

In less than three minutes and ten seconds, New Mexico bartender Carla Gilfillan turned out four drinks: my cocktail, a Piña Colada variation, an ad-hoc mocktail and an Espresso Martini.

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