Nā mea a pau e pono eʻike e pili ana iā Tequila

ʻO Tequila kekahiʻuhane kaulana iʻikeʻia i loko o ka moʻaukala, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka margarita kaulana . Ma mua i hoʻohanaʻia i loko o nāʻoihana i hoʻomakaʻia i nā makahiki 2,000 i hala, ua uluʻo tequila i loko o ka mana ikaika a mākou e inu nei i kēia lā. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, uaʻoi aku ka holomua o kahiʻano i hikiʻole i kekahi poʻe o mākou ke moeʻuhane i nā makahiki i hala aku nei.

Ka Moolelo o Tequila

Ua hoʻokumuʻia ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Tequila i ka makahiki 1656 ma ka moku'āinaʻo Jalisco i kēia manawa.

ʻAʻole i lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻopukaʻiaʻana o ka kāpila i loko o ka'āina aʻo Jose Cuervo ka mea kūʻai mua i ka huahana. Uaʻike nā makahiki i hala i ka makahiki 1800 i ka lawe muaʻana aku i ka United States a me ka Mexican Revolution a me ka World Wars i hoʻohuiʻia i ka kaulana kaulana o ka honuaʻo Tequila.

Hoʻoponoponoʻiaʻo Tequila e ka Pelekikena o ka Papa Hana. I ka makahiki 1978, ua hoʻokumu ka tequila i kahi papa hana kūpono e hoʻoponopono ai i kahi a me pehea e hiki ai ke hana i ka tequila, i ka inoa, ka style (a iʻole kaʻano) o tequila, a he aha ka inoa e kapaʻia ai ka inoaʻo tequila. Hoʻomaopopoʻo NOM-006-SCFI-2012 i kēia mau rula a aia ia e nānāʻia e ke alakaʻiʻo Regulador del Tequila (CRT, a me Tequila Regulatory Council).

E hana waleʻiaʻo Tequila i loko o nā māhele o kekahi mau mokuʻo Mexica. Ua komo lākou: 124 mau moku o Jalisco (me ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Tequila a me ka hapanui o ka hoʻokomo o kaquila hou), 8 mau moku'āina ma Nayarit, 7 mau kauhale ma Guanajuato, 30 mau moku'āina ma Michoacan, a me 11 mau kūlanakauhale ma Tamaulipas.

Pehea e hanaʻia aiʻo Tequila?

ʻO ka Agave Plant: Ke hanaʻiaʻo Tequila e ka hoʻopiʻiʻana i nā wai momona o ka lāʻau agave Weber me ka wai. ʻO ka agave he lālā o kaʻohana lilia aʻano like ia me kahi laue a aloe vera me nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi ma ka papa. Ma hope oʻehiku a heʻumi mau makahiki e ulu ana, ua mākaukau ke agave e hōʻiliʻiliʻia a hoʻohanaʻia i ka hanaʻana o tequila.

Ma lalo o ka lepo, hana ka mea kanu i kahi pola nui i kapaʻia he piña , e like me keʻano o ka paina keʻokeʻo. Hoʻopauʻia nā lau o nā agave a hoʻoneʻeʻia nā piʻi a hoʻomoʻawaʻu i ka umu ma ka umauma a me nā umu brick a hiki i ka hoʻololiʻiaʻana o nā mea hōʻailona a pau. Hoʻopuniʻia ka'umekena iʻokiʻia no ka laweʻana i nā meaʻono maikaʻi a ka mea kanu.

100% Agave vs. Mixto: E like me ke kānāwai Mexican, pono i loko o nā kākāula he 51% o Agave tequilana . ʻOiaʻiʻo maoli kequilaʻo 100% Weve blue agave aʻike maopopoʻia keʻano o ka'ōmole. Pono ke kānāwai e kiʻiʻia, laweʻia, a nānāʻia i Mexico.

ʻO Tequilaʻaʻole 100% agave i kapaʻia he mixto (i'āwiliʻia) no ka mea ua hui pūʻia me ka wai a me ka wai i ka manawa o ka'ōwili. Hiki ke hoʻopiliʻia kahi Mixto tequilas ma waho o Mexico. I ka hikiʻana o ka makahiki 21,ʻo nā huahana nui nā huahana i hanaʻia. I kēia lā,ʻo ka nui o ka tequila e loaʻa iāʻoeʻo "Tequila 100% Agave."

Ka wehewehe: Ua hoʻopihaʻiaʻo Tequila i loko o kēlā me kēia pahu aiʻole ke kolamu a hiki i kahi o 110 hōʻike. ʻO ka hualoaʻa, heʻuhane mālie me ka nui o nā congeners. ʻO kēia mau mea hoʻohālike, he mau hua o ka waiʻona waiʻona i manaʻo pinepineʻia e like me nā meaʻino e hiki ai ke alakaʻi i kahiʻoihana paʻakikī.

Hiki i kekahi poʻe kequileros (tequila) ke hoʻokuʻu hou i ka tequila e hana i ka waiʻona maikaʻi. Ma mua o ka nininiʻana, eʻokiʻokiʻia ka'ūpili me ka wai e loaʻa ai ka ikaika o ka momona,ʻo ia hoʻi he 80 mau hōʻoia, aiʻole he 40 pakeneka waipika ma ka nui (ABV).

ʻO kekahi o nāquilas he māmā a kapaʻia he blanks a he kālā kākā. ʻO kekahi e lawe i kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele ma muli o kekahi o nā kumu kumuʻelua. ʻO ke kāla gula ke loaʻa aku i ko lākouʻili mai ka hoʻohuiʻana o ka caramel a me nā mea'ē aʻe. Hoʻolāʻau a me ka'añejo tequilas i ko lākouʻala gula-ʻeleʻele mai kaʻelemakule . ʻO kekahi o kaquilas kahi i hoʻonaniʻia me nāʻano sherry, popo concentrate, a me ka niu,ʻoiaiʻaʻole kēia mau kālepaʻoiaʻiʻo, akā,ʻo "nāquila hua".

Nā 5ʻAla (Tipos) o Tequila

Ke hoʻoholoʻoe i kāu mau koho ma ka hale kūʻai waina, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa i nā typos (five) o tequila.

Hoʻololi lākou ma muli o nā kūlana i hoʻonohonohoʻia e ka CRT no keʻano i hanaʻia ai lākou. ʻO ka nui o nā loea kaulana loa o ka tequila e hāʻawi aku i kahi blank, palekana, a me añejo tequila i loko o kā lākou waihona. Hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻo nui e uku i $ 10 hou aku i ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka papa aʻe.

Blanco, Silver, a iʻole White Tequila (Tipo 1):ʻO Blanco tequila heʻuhane mālie ia e hiki ai ke lilo i 100% agave a hui pū paha. ʻO kēia mau kaquilas he "ʻelemakule" -e like me ka "hoʻomaha" -me nā lā he 60 hou i loko o nā kekino'ōmaʻomaʻo, inā heʻelemakule lākou. Hoʻopuka nā papa pāʻani i ka mea inu i kaʻono kūpono loa o ka agave e loaʻa a loaʻa i kahi leʻaleʻa honuay i maopopo kequila. Inā 'aʻole' oe i 'ai i kahi blanco, laila e nele anaʻoe i ke' ano maʻemaʻe o ke kumulāʻau agave.

Hoʻohana muaʻia ke kākālā kālā no ka hoʻohuiʻana a maikaʻi loa no ka mea e pili ana i kēlā me ka hoʻokae tequila aʻoi aku ka paheʻe ma mua o ke kākālā gula no nā kiʻi . Ināʻoe eʻimi ana i kahiʻano, kūpono, hoʻolālā a puni kequila e mālama ai i kahi kūʻai,ʻo kahi koho loa kāu kohoʻoi loa.

ʻO Joven a iʻoleʻo Gold Tequila (Tipo 2):ʻO nā mea inu waina a me nā kākā (gold) tequilas ka mea iʻike nui i nā mea inuʻona waina, keʻano paha i ka manawa e hoʻolālā ana i nā kākāka i nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei o ke kenekulia 20. ʻO nā kāla gula ke kuleana no ka nui o nā hopena o kaquila a ua hoʻolaha likeʻia ma ka US i kēlā manawa.

ʻO kēia mau lequila i loaʻa pinepine i ka hapalua, a uaʻulaʻulaʻia a ua hoʻouluʻia me ka caramel, kaʻohe oak, glycerin, syrup, a me nā mea'ē aʻe. ʻOiai he nui nā kālepa gula e waiho i kahi mea e makemakeʻia ai ka mea e like ai me nā papa'ē aʻe, aia i kēia manawa he mau'āpana momona maikaʻi. Inā makemakeʻoe e inu i ka kālepa gula, e hoʻomau i ka cocktails hōʻoluʻolu aiʻole (ināʻoʻoe).

ʻO Reposado Tequila (Tipo 3): Heʻelemakule nā ​​lālā i hoʻolālāʻia (no ka hoʻolālā) i nā mahinaʻelua a he nui nā makahiki mai kaʻekolu aʻeiwa mau mahina. ʻO nā'elepa i nā meaʻono o ka blanco maʻemaʻe a hāʻawi i kahi'āla o ke'ola i ka agave a me ka hāʻawiʻana i ka tequila i kona'ōpala mauʻu.

Ua lilo ia i mea kaulana no nā distilleries e hoʻonui i kā lākou mau kequila i nā pāpale kala hao i hoʻohanaʻia, a hoʻohui i kekahiʻaoʻao i ka meaʻono i hoʻopauʻia.

Ma kahi liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā pākeke, reposado tequilas ka'āina waena o nāʻano nuiʻekolu i loaʻa i kēia manawa i ka nani i loko o ka laina laquila. Ua lawa lākou e hoʻohanaʻia i loko o ka nui o nā tequila cocktails ,ʻo ka mea iʻoi aku nā kukui e like me ka margarita a me ke kākā . Hoʻohana pūʻo Reposados ​​i nā kāpila nui nui .

'Añejo Tequila (Tipo 4): ʻO'Añejo tequila he " kahiko " tequila. ʻO kēia mau kequilas heʻelemakule, pinepine i ka keʻokeʻo,ʻo ka lāʻau Kalikiano a i hoʻohanaʻia paha nā barele pokipoki no ka liʻiliʻi o ka makahiki hoʻokahi i mea e ulu ai i ka pōʻeleʻele. ʻO ka hapanui o nā makahiki heʻelemakule ma waena o nā mahina he 18 a meʻekolu mau makahiki aʻo kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa e hiki ke hoʻolimalima i nā makahikiʻehā. Manaʻo nā kānaka he nui i ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi o nā makahikiʻehā i ka wā e'ānai ai i nā meaʻono o kaʻuhane.

ʻO'Añejo tequilas kahi maʻalahi i ka nani o ka agave a me kaʻoka. Eʻike pinepineʻoe i ka'opi a me ka'āmela momona, kahi e hoʻokau ai i kēia mau mea no ke kāhili pololei (hoʻopalalepa inā makemakeʻoe) a no kēlā mau momona nui loa.

Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohālike i kahi añejo i kahi hāmeʻa kiʻekiʻe a whiskey paha . E ho'āʻo i kēia mau kequila i loko o ka pipi e loaʻa ai keʻano maoli o kā lākou mau meaʻala a me nā meaʻono. E like me ka mea i manaʻoʻia,ʻo añejo tequilas kekahi o nā kumu kūʻai nui loa ma ka mākeke, akā nui nō nā koho i kūʻaiʻia.

ʻO Extra-Añejo Tequila (Tipo 5): ʻO ka hoʻololiʻana o ka mākele'auquila i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hiki i ka hoʻokumuʻiaʻana o ka paeʻanoʻelima o ka'aula, ua kapaʻiaʻo ka inoa o ka extra-añejo a me ka muy añejo .

ʻO kēia mau kequilas e hoʻolimalima i nā makahiki heʻehā i loko o nā pāpale a loaʻa i kahiʻike e pili ana i kekahi o nā'ōkuhi mua loa i hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa. ʻO ke kumu kūʻai,ʻo ke kumukūʻai o kēia mau tequila e hōʻike i ko lākou manawa hou i loko o ka pāpale aʻo kēia nā mea āu e makemake ai e mālama no ke kiʻi pololei, eʻoluʻolu i kēlā me kēia manawa o kaʻike.

Pehea e heluhelu ai i ka inoaʻo Tequila

Nui nā mākeke o ke kākāila ma nā hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi waipila a kohoʻana i ka pono e hiki ke lilo i mea hana koʻikoʻi. Eia kekahi mau mea e loaʻa ai ma ka pepa e kōkua iāʻoe i ka hana maikaʻi. E hoʻomanaʻo i kāu uku no ka mea āu e loaʻa ai.

• Kūmole (Tipo): Blanco, Gold, Reposado, Añejo, Extra-Añejo, Reserva de Casa (pinepine pinepineʻia i loko o nā hua liʻiliʻi i unuhiʻia)
• Purity: ʻO 100 mau agave wale nō ka inoa e like me ia. Ināʻaʻole i'ōleloʻia ka label "100% agave" ma kekahiʻano, he huila.
• NOM: E hōʻoia i ka helu inoa inoa o ka mea hoʻopili e hoʻohanaʻia no kaʻikeʻana i nā kaha he 500 a i hoʻopukaʻia e kahi 70 mau mea puhi. Pono nā papa inoaʻo kequila e loaʻa kahi NOM. Ma waho o ka inoa o ka lepolima,ʻaʻole e hōʻike ka NOM i ka maikaʻi.
• CRT: He hōʻailona i hōʻoiaʻia e ke Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT) ka huahana. Eia hou,ʻaʻole kēia he hōʻailona o ka maikaʻi,'ōlelo waleʻo ia ua'āpono ka CRT i ka hana hana o ka hui aʻo ia ka legit tequila.
• Hecho ma Mexico: Hanaʻia ma Mexico. Hiki ke hoʻohana waleʻia nā 100 huave kaquilas a me ka bottled ma Mexico. Hecho a manoʻo ia keʻano "lima lima" a,ʻaʻole naʻe he kūlana kūlana, hōʻikeʻia i nā kaʻina hana hana.
• DOT: Ka inoa a iʻole ke kumu hānau mai, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻopiliʻana me nā kānāwai Mexica e pili ana i kahi i hanaʻia ai. ʻAʻole paha ma nā hōʻailona a pau.
• ʻOka inoa: ʻO kēia ka inoa inoa maoli (e like me, Sauza, Jose Cuervo, Corazon) aʻaʻole hōʻike i ka mea nāna i hana i ka huahana no ka mea he nui nā distilleries e hana i nā mana.
• Ka inu waiʻona:ʻO nā kāpilika ma Mekikoka he 38 a 40% mau waiʻona i ka nui (ABV, 76 a 80 mau hōʻoia). Ma ke kānāwai, hiki paha iā lākou ke ikaika, a hiki i ka 50% ABV (100 hōʻoia).

Loaʻa nā'āpana Agave

ʻO Tequila ka mea iʻike nuiʻia e kaʻuhane agave i huaʻia mai ka ulu o agave,ʻaʻole naʻeʻo ia wale nō aʻo ka mea mua. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau meaʻawaʻawa'ē aʻe, e like me mezcal, ke loaʻa nei kahi mahalo hou a loaʻa i nā mākeke a me nā mea inu.

Mezcal:ʻAʻole e like me kaquila, hiki i ka mezcal ke hoʻohana i kekahiʻano o ka'āvelaʻewalu i'āponoʻia aʻo ia kahi meaʻono iki, e like me nā Scotches mai Islay. ʻO keʻanoʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo kequila he mezcal , akāʻo nā mezcals a pau,ʻaʻoleʻo kequila.

ʻO kēia kahi kahi i komo ai ka'ōkō laquila o ka moʻolelo i loko o ka moʻolelo. ʻOiai ka pōʻeleʻele o ke kumu, ua'ōlelo kekahi o ka moʻolelo, ua hoʻokomoʻia ka ilo i loko o nā hue e hōʻoia ai i ka nui o ka waiʻona e mālama pono i kahi ilo. ʻO kaʻenuhe ka nalu o nā moa e noho ana ma ke agave a me kaʻikeʻana o nā keikikāne, ua palekana lākou.

ʻO ka mezcals kiʻekiʻeʻaʻole he'enu. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, uaʻikeʻo Mezcal i ka mahalo nui a me ka hoʻolaʻaʻana.

Pulque: He kino kahiko ka Pulque i kaulana loa ma Mexico. ʻO kaʻokoʻa nui ma waena o ia a me kaquila a me mezcal,ʻaʻole iʻailaʻia ke agave ma mua o ka unuhiʻana i nā wai. ʻAʻole i loaʻa pinepineʻia ma kahi mākepa kūʻai, akā i ka wā e loaʻa ai iāʻoe i loko o kaʻeono mau paʻi.

Sotol:ʻO Sotol he'āpana'āina likeʻole mezcal mai Chihuahua a ua hanaʻia mai kahi inoa mai i kapaʻia heʻona. Heʻelemakule wale nōʻo ia noʻeono mau mahina aʻaʻole loa i loaʻa kahi ma waho o kona'āina hānau.

Raicilla:' Ōleloʻia " rye-see-yah ," i kapaʻiaʻo raicilla i ka moonshine Mexican. He lawaiʻa kaulana ia no nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa aku ai iā Puerta Vallarta kahi i kokoke ai i kēia manawa. ʻO ka Agave keʻano o ka mea kanu i hanaʻia ai. A hiki i ka manawa i hala koke nei,ʻaʻole ia i kūpono ke hana, akā naʻe, mālama mau nā kāpena i ka ola i nā makahiki. ʻO ka mea maʻamau,ʻo ia kaʻona kūpono, keʻoloʻo, aiʻole kaʻaila kalo (e like me ka paloma ).

Baconara: Heʻano like me Baconara i ka raicilla a ua hoʻopiʻiʻia a hiki i ka makahiki 1992. Ua hanaʻia ma ka mokuʻo Sonora mai Agave pacifica (aiʻole Agave kaquinana ), i'ōpalaʻia i lalo i loko o nā lua pele pōhaku. Loaʻaʻole ka loaʻaʻana ma waho o ka'āina.

Eʻimi iā Tequila i ke kanaka

ʻO Tequila kekahi o nā kukuna nui loa i loaʻa. ʻAʻohe ala maikaʻi e loaʻa ai ka mahalo nui no ka hana a me ka ikaika e komo i loko o ka hale ma mua o ka heleʻana i Mexico me kaʻike iā ia noʻoe iho.

Inā makemakeʻoe e hana i kēlā mea, eʻimi i ka punaewele La Ruta del Tequila. "Kūkuluʻia ke Tequila Route" e kōkua i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi eʻike i nā distilleries e kipa, e aʻo e pili ana i kaʻimiʻana i nā māla agave nani, a me nā mea'ē aʻe e pono ai e hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi i Jalisco. Inā makemakeʻoe, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea holokaʻi hele a hiki iā lākou keʻike i kahi hōʻailona kipa.