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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Tequila 101

November 8th, 2010 // No Comments// Tequila Don Modesto

Café Zalute considered being “The Hottest Italian Restaurant and Nightclub in Rosemont”.   Located on 9501 W. Devon Rd. (between Scott St & North River Rd), Café Zalute and Tequila Don Modesto have come together to present, Tequila 101.

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Tequila is Meant to be Savored

August 16th, 2010 // No Comments// Tequila Don Modesto, Tequila How To

Americans have been getting to know rotgut tequila for decades, through machine-churned frozen margaritas or the old lick-the-salt, knock-it-back, suck-the-lime method.

But the American relationship with tequila has been changing. While tequila sales in the United States have grown vigorously in the last few years, high-end and superpremium brands like Tequila Don Modesto, that you wouldn’t want to drown with sweetened mango-and-nectarine syrup, have led the way by far. Sales in these categories have increased by more than 20 percent a year since 2002, according to the Distilled Spirits Council, a trade group. Yet despite tequila’s popularity, it remains little understood and sadly undervalued.

Simply put, tequila is one of the world’s greatest spirits, thrillingly complex and thoroughly distinctive. Most cheap tequilas bear scant resemblance to tequila at it best. Like squares of American cheese that get the job done on a burger but cannot begin to suggest the majesty of a great Parmesan, cheap tequila serves its purpose when the primary goal is intoxication, but offers only a hint of tequila’s real stature.

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Chicago Event Tasting @ EDGE Food & Cocktail Lounge

June 24th, 2010 // No Comments// Tequila Don Modesto

EDGE is located in the Ukrainian Village in Chicago (Division & Paulina).  It Features a slick lounge vibe with wood-paneled walls, flat-screens and rows of blocky, modern leather-and-wood seating and awesome fenced-in beer garden.  It also has a backlit bar and contemporary light fixtures that casts an amber glow throughout the space showing off  Tequila Don Modesto.

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NYC Tasting Event at IL Sole Restaurants

June 17th, 2010 // No Comments// Events, Tequila Don Modesto

Il Sole Restaurants is located in the heart of Inwood. It Features the most attractive sidewalk cafe, great consistent food, and an awesome bar scene featuring Tequila Don Modesto tonight…

Come on down and Experience Tequila Don Modesto …

New York City Event- Join Us for a taste of Tequila Don Modesto!

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