Bar lecture (tequila)

TEQUILA

• distilled from fermented mash primarily from plant AGAVE TEQUILA WEBER, with or without additional fermented substance named Swedish, Botanist CAROLUS LINNAEUS.

• made from blue agave plants (TEQUILANA WEBER) grown in Tequila, Mexico.

TEQUILA

AQUA TEQUILANA WEBER

TEQUILA

Tequila was first produced in the 16th century near the location of the city of Tequila.

Aztec people had previously made a fermented from beverage from agave plant.

When the Spanish conquistador ran out of their brandy, they began to distill agave to produce North American’s first indigenous distilled spirit.

HISTORY OF TEQUILA

•Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle

- was a Spanish aristrocrat

- known as “The Father of Tequila

- began mass-producing tequila at the

first factory in the territory of modern-day Jalisco

HISTORY OF TEQUILA

• Don Cenobio Sauza

- founder of Sauza Tequila

- was the 1st to export tequila to the United States

HISTORY OF TEQUILA

PROCESS IN MAKING TEQUILA

The heart or base of the agave plant, often weighing between 75-150lbs contains what the disteller calls the sap or the AGUAMIEL (honey water). The 1st plant split in half, and then steamed until the starchy turns a mushy brown color.

The pulp is shredded and crushed to extract the juice. The juice is added with cane sugar or either sugar, yeast and fermented for 2-3days.

PROCESS IN MAKING TEQUILA

Distilled, redistilled in post stills, between 104-106 proof. Filtered through charcoal.

Bottled or aged for 1-7years.

ANEJO - is tequila that has been aged for a minimum of 1 year in oak barrel

CATEGORIES OF TEQUILA

MUY ANEJO – is tequila that has been aged for 2-5 years.

CATEGORIES OF TEQUILA

PALQUE

a milky white alcohol beverage fermented from the juice or agave plants which was enjoyed for centuries before the art of distilling came to Mexico from Spain

CATEGORIES OF TEQUILA

Crema De Tequila / Almendroda -is a liqueur mixed with almonds

CATEGORIES OF TEQUILA

long extremely long shelflife

react to direct sunlight

can be drunk straight or can be mixed with cocktail

drink with salt and lime

SERVING AND STORING TEQUILA

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