Tequila Facts

March 16th, 2011 // No Comments// Tequila Don Modesto

Sometimes it’s hard to know the difference. See what you know about tequila:

 
• Forty nine percent of today’s tequila drinkers are women. True. And that percentage is growing every year.

 

• There is a worm at the bottom of every tequila bottle. False.  Actually, it would be against Mexican law to put worms in tequila bottles.
  Tequila comes from Mexico. Half-right. There cannot be tequila where there are no agaves. Therefore, tequila can only come from the State of Jalisco – not just anywhere.

 

• Tequila is made from cactus. False. The reality is that it’s made from distilled sap, from the heart of the agave plant. The plant, in fact, is actually related to the lily and amaryllis family.

 

• Tequila must be drunk with salt and lime to get the true taste. False.  In Mexico tequila is drunk straight without salt or lime. It is popular in some regions to drink fine tequila with a side of sangrita – a sweet, sour and spicy drink made from orange juice, grenadine (or tomato juice) and hot chilies.  Equal-sized shots of tequila and sangrita are sipped alternatively, without salt or lime.

 

• A Tequila Slammer is putting salt on your index finger, tequila is drunk and lime is quickly bitten. False. A Tequila Slammer is mixed tequila and carbonated drink.

 

• There is no other way to drink tequila shots. False. In Germany gold tequila is often consumed with cinnamon before and slices of oranges after.

 

• Tequila makes you take your clothes off. False. There is no evidence that tequila actually makes people disrobe – but it helps.

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