Ungayithenga Kanjani I-Tequila Enempilo Kunazo Zonke

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• Iyini Ngempela i-Tequila, Noma kunjalo?
• Okuncane Nge-Agave
• Inempilo Kangakanani I-Tequila?
• Izinhlobo Ezihlukahlukene zeTequila nezithasiselo
• Ungayikhetha Kanjani i-Tequila enhle
• 1. Funda ilebula.
• 2. Hlola izinto ezinoshukela.
• 3. Thatha izeluleko zochwepheshe.
• 4. Yazi lokhu nge-tequila ephilayo.
• 5. Cabanga ngokuziphatha nokusimama.
• Buyekeza kwe-

Isikhathi eside, i-tequila yayine-rep embi. Kodwa-ke, ukuvuselelwa kwayo kule minyaka eyishumi edlule - ukuthola ukuthandwa njengomoya "ophezulu" nomoya ophansi wekhalori - kwenza abathengi bakholwe kancane kancane lokho okungeyona inkolelo engeyona. Okwamanje, uma usahlobanisa i-tequila ne-cringe-y shots enesibopho se-hangover yakho yosuku olulandelayo, cishe uphuza uhlobo olungalungile lwe-tequila. Kunjalo: Akuwona wonke ama-tequila adalwe alingana. Abanye bangahle bafihle izithasiselo - noma isiraphu yamabele ephezulu ye-fructose - ongase ungafuni ukuphuza.

Ukuze uthole ukuthi i-tequila iphilile kangakanani, futhi uqinisekise ukuthi ayikho into exakile kuphuzo lwakho, thola izeluleko kochwepheshe bemboni ukuthi ungayikhetha kanjani i-tequila enhle kakhulu.

Iyini Ngempela i-Tequila, Noma kunjalo?

Ake siqale ngezinto eziyisisekelo: Ukuze umoya uhlukaniswe njenge-tequila, udinga ukuthi ukhiqizwe kusuka ku-100% we-weber agave ekhuliswe esifundazweni saseMexico iJalisco noma ezingxenyeni ezithile zaseMichoacán, eGuanajuato, eNayarit naseTamaulipas. Lezi zifundazwe zihlanganisa i-tequila's denomination of origin (DOM) - echaza umkhiqizo njengokhethekile endaweni ethile yendawo - njengoba kulawulwa umthetho waseMexico, kuchaza uchwepheshe we-tequila, uClayton Szczech we-Experience Agave.

Kunoma ubani owake waya eMexico futhi washayela amasimu e-agave edlule, uzobona ukuthi i-agave ayikhuliswanga kuphela kulezi zifunda ezinhlanu. Lapho imimoya ye-agave ikhiqizwa emazweni angaphandle kwe-DOM, ayikwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi i-tequila. Ngakho-ke, i-mezcal noma i-bacanora (eyenziwe nge-agave nayo) iba yinto elingana nokuthi iwayini elikhazimulayo liyini i-champagne - yonke i-tequila ingumoya we-agave, kepha akuyona yonke imimoya ye-agave eyi-tequila.

Okuncane Nge-Agave

I-Agave iyisitshalo esimnandi esake sabhekwa njengesitshalo esingcwele kakhulu emasikweni aseMexico angaphambi kwe-Columbian (ngaphambi kokufika kukaChristopher Columbus ngo-1492), kuchaza u-Adam Fodor, umsunguli we-International Tequila Academy. "Amaqabunga asetshenziselwa ukwakha uphahla, izingubo, izintambo kanye nephepha," usho kanje. Ezinhlotsheni ezingaphezu kuka-200 ze-agave, izinhlobo ezingaba ngu-160 zitholakala eMexico yakhona. (Ngaphandle kweMexico, i-agave ikhula eNingizimu-ntshonalanga ye-US, ikakhulukazi eCalifornia, futhi ezindaweni eziphakeme - ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-4500 - eNingizimu neMelika Ephakathi.) "Ingxenye ephakathi, esiyibiza ngokuthi 'piña' noma 'corazón' ingaba kuphekwe kwahlafunwa, "kusho uFodor. I-Tequila itholakala ekuphekeni i- "piña" ngaphambi kokuyiphuzisa okungenani kabili.

I-ICYDK, i-agave eluhlaza yaziswa ngezinzuzo zayo zezempilo ezinomsoco. "I-Agavin, ushukela wemvelo otholakala esitsheni sesitshalo se-agave eluhlaza, kukholakala ukuthi iziphatha njengefayibha yokudla (okusho ukuthi ayiminywanga ngendlela efanayo nezinye izinto ezenziwe nge-carb) - okungathuthukisa ukulawula kwe-glycemic futhi kukhulise ukusutha (imizwa yokugcwala)," kusho u-Eve Persak, MS, RDN Izifundo zokuqala ziveza ubisi lwe-agave eluhlaza luqukethe namanani alinganiselwe ama-prebiotic (ashukumisa i-gut microbiota), ama-saponins (anganciphisa ukuvuvukala), ama-antioxidants (asekela ukungavikeleki) nensimbi esekwe ezitshalweni (i-mineral ebalulekile yabantu abalandela ukudla okususelwa ezitshalweni) , uthi.

Inempilo Kangakanani I-Tequila?

Ngokudabukisayo, ngenxa yokuthi i-agave iyabiliswa ukuze kugaywe i-tequila, izimfanelo eziningi ezinempilo ziyaqedwa. Noma kunjalo, ochwepheshe be-tequila kanye nezazi zokudla bayawudumisa umoya njengotshwala "obunempilo". "I-Tequila ingenye yotshwala engibaphakamisa kumakhasimende athanda ukubabaza ngezikhathi ezithile kepha angancedi ngokuphelele ukusebenza kwabo ngokuphelele kanye nokudla," kusho uPersak.

I-tequila inama-calories angaba ngu-97 ijigger ngayinye (aka shot) futhi ayinawo ama-carbohydrate, ngokoMnyango Wezolimo wase-United States, njengoba kwenza eminye imimoya efana ne-vodka, i-rum, ne-whisky. Lokhu kuyinikeza umkhawulo phezu kwewayini, ubhiya, nama-cider aqinile, aqukethe ama-calories engeziwe, ama-carbohydrate, noshukela ngokuphakwa ngakunye. (I-FTR, ama-seltzers ane-spiked anenani elilinganayo lama-khalori njenge-tequila ngokusebenza ngakunye, kepha aqukethe amagremu ambalwa we-carbs noshukela.) I-Tequila nayo ayinayo i-gluten, njengoba kunemimoya eminingi e-distilled - yebo, ngisho nalawo akhishwe okusanhlamvu . Futhi, njengoba kungumoya ocacile, i-tequila ngokuvamile iphansi kuma-congeners (amakhemikhali abangelwa inqubo yokuvutshelwa futhi angenza ama-hangovers abe mabi kakhulu) kunotshwala obumnyama, ngokusho kweMayo Clinic.

Kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi, uma kukhulunywa ngama-cocktails, abahlanganisi kulapho ama-calories amaningi noshukela kungangena khona, ngakho-ke uma ubheka ukugcina isiphuzo sakho sinempilo enhle, khetha okuthile okufana namanzi acwazimulayo noma ukukhama ijusi yezithelo ezintsha , ngokuvamile anama-kilojoule aphansi, ushukela, nama-carbohydrate, kusho uPersak.

Izinhlobo Ezihlukahlukene zeTequila nezithasiselo

Nakuba wonke ama-tequila ngokuvamile enikeza inani elifanayo lama-kilojoule nezakhi zomzimba, kunezigaba ezahlukene ze-tequila ezichaza ukuthi zenziwe kanjani nokuthi yini ngaphakathi.

I-Blanco tequila, ngezinye izikhathi ibizwa ngokuthi isiliva noma ucezu, iyona ndlela ehlanzekile kunazo zonke ye-tequila; yenziwe nge-100% ye-weber agave eluhlaza engenazo izithasiselo futhi ifakwa emabhodleleni ngemuva nje kokuhluzwa. Amanothi ayo wokunambitha ngokuvamile afaka i-agave esanda kusikwa (iphunga elilingisa izitshalo eziluhlaza noma ezingavuthiwe).

I-tequila yegolide kuvame ukuba yi-mixto, okusho ukuthi akuyona i-agave yamaphesenti ayi-100, futhi kulezo zimo imvamisa i-blanco tequila enokunambitheka nezithasiselo zombala. Lapho kuyinto I-agave engu-100% (futhi ngaleyo ndlela ingeyona i-mixto), cishe iyinhlanganisela ye-blanco ne-tequila endala, ngokusho kwe-Experience Agave.

I-tequila endala, abhalwe reposado, añejo, noma extra añejo, aneminyaka okungenani izinyanga ezintathu, unyaka owodwa, noma iminyaka emithathu, ngokulandelana. Kufika kuphesenti elilodwa levolumu ephelele kungaba izithasiselo ezifana neziraphu ezinongiwe, i-glycerin, i-caramel, ne-oki ekhishwe, kuchaza i-Szczech. "Izithasiselo kunzima ukuzibona kuma-tequila asekhulile, futhi amaningi awo alingisa okwenziwa ukuguga komgqomo," esho.

Yize lokho kuzwakala kungekuhle kangako, empeleni kuyinto ejwayelekile endaweni yotshwala. Ngokubhekiswa, iwayini lingaba nezithasiselo ezihlukene ezingama-50, ngomthetho ngamunye we-EU, nezithasiselo ezingaphezu kwezingama-70 zilawulwa ngaphakathi eU.S. "Uma kuqhathaniswa nalokho, i-tequila isiphuzo esinesizotha kakhulu mayelana nezithasiselo," esho. (Okuhlobene: Ingabe amaSulfite Awayini Akulungile Kuwe?)

Zenzani-ke lezi zithasiselo? Ngokuvamile zithuthukisa ukunambitheka, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ziyenza ibe mnandi (isiraphu), ukuzwa komlomo oyindilinga (glycerin), ukuze kubonakale sengathi isikhulile kunangempela (okukhishwe kwe-oki), noma ukunikeza umbala (i-caramel), kuchaza umqeqeshi wezempilo. no-bartender u-Amie Ward. Izengezo zingasetshenziswa futhi ukukhulisa amazinga okuvutshelwa, ukudala amaphrofayili wokunambitha okungaguquki, futhi kulungiswe izici ezingathandeki noma ukushiyeka emkhiqizweni wokugcina, uyanezela.

Ngenkathi impande yangempela yanoma yisiphi isihlava kungukuphuza utshwala ngokujwayelekile (uyazi ukubhola: Jabulela ngokulinganisela futhi ube namanzi phakathi kweziphuzo), lezi zithasiselo zinganikela emizweni yakho yosuku olulandelayo, kuchaza uchwepheshe we-tequila uCarolyn Kissick, inhloko isipiliyoni semfundo nokunambitheka kwe-SIP Tequila. Isibonelo, ama-tequila asekhulile anezicucu ze-oki lapho ehlala emigqonyeni, "engeza ukunambitheka kepha futhi ifaka i-tequila ngamabhithi amancane anganezela ekhanda lakho," esho. Futhi ngenkathi i-oki ingaba ngumphumela wenqubo yokuguga yemigqomo yemvelo, ukukhishwa kwe-oki nakho kungafakwa njengesengezo, kusho uSzczech. "Ingxenye yalokho okwenzekayo ukukhishwa kwalowo mbala, iphunga, nama-flavour elements kusukela okhunini, okuhloswe ukukulingisa okungeziwe." Okuthathwa ngokujwayelekile lapha ukuthi izithasiselo (okusho ukukhishwa kwe-oki) azikho okubi ngokwemvelo, kepha kufanele wazi ukuthi akuwona wonke amabhodlela e-tequila agcwele i-agave emsulwa, engamaphesenti ayi-100.

Futhi kulelo nothi, ake sikhulume nge-tequila mixto. "Uma ingasho ukuthi 'i-agave tequila' engamaphesenti ayi-100 kulebuli, kusho ukuthi yi-mixto, futhi kuze kufike kumaphesenti angama-49 otshwala obabuphakathi kwalapho bufakwa ngoshukela ongeyona i-agave," kusho uSzczech. Ungase ucabange, "Kodwa lokho kungaba yiqiniso kanjani uma i-tequila kufanele ibe ngamaphesenti angu-100 we-agave?!" Nansi into: Uma i-agave efakiwe ikhule ku-DOM, i-mixto isengabizwa ngokuthi i-tequila.

Abakhiqizi akudingeki ukuthi badalule izithako ngaphakathi kwemiquo tequila yabo, kusho u-Ashley Rademacher, owayengumphathi wotshwala kanye nomsunguli webhulogi lokuphila labesifazane, iSwift Wellness. Futhi "kulezi zinsuku, lowo shukela 'omunye' kungenzeka abe yisiraphu yommbila ephezulu," kusho uSzczech. Lokhu kuvame ukwenziwa ukuze kuhambisane nesidingo. Ngenxa yokuthi i-agave ithatha iminyaka emihlanu kuya kweyisishiyagalolunye ukuze ikhule ngokugcwele, ukufaka omunye ushukela esikhundleni somunye kungavumela umenzi ukuba akhiqize i-tequila eyengeziwe ngenani elisheshayo. Futhi, lokho akulungile: Izinhlobo ezigxile ze-fructose, njenge-high-fructose corn syrup, zixhunyaniswa nokukhathazeka kwezempilo kufaka phakathi isifo esinamafutha wesibindi kanye nokuqina kwesisu (isifo se-metabolic), kusho uPersak. Ngakho-ke uma ufuna i-tequila enempilo i-mixto akuyona indlela yokuhamba.

Ungayikhetha Kanjani i-Tequila enhle

1. Funda ilebula.

Okokuqala, uma ufuna i-tequila enempilo, iya ku-100-agave yamaphesenti. "Njengoba nje ungafuna i-'organic' noma 'okungenayo i-gluten' kwilebula, kufanele ubheke ukuthenga ama-tequila kuphela abhalwe ukuthi yi-'100% agave, '" kusho uRademacher. Uphinde aphawule intengo ngokuvamile kungaba inkomba izinga, kodwa hhayi njalo. Futhi uma kukhulunywa ngezithasiselo, ngeshwa, azikho izibopho ezingokomthetho zokudalula ukusetshenziswa kwazo ku-tequila, kusho uSzczech. Lokho kusho ukuthi kuzodingeka wenze ucwaningo oluthile.

2. Hlola izinto ezinoshukela.

Ngaphandle kwendawo yotshwala, ungasebenzisa lobu buqili obuvela kuTerray Glasman, umsunguli we-Amorada Tequila, ukuthola ukuthi ngabe i-tequila isebenzisa ama-sweeteners. "Thela okuncane kwesandla sakho bese uhlikihla izandla zakho ndawonye," kusho uGlasman. "Uma, uma yomile, inamathele, leyo tequila isebenzisa izinto ezinandisa."

3. Thatha izeluleko zochwepheshe.

I-Szczech iphakamisa ukusebenzisa i-Tequila Matchmaker, isizindalwazi se-tequila esivela endaweni yezemfundo ye-tequila Taste Tequila, ukuze kutholwe ama-distilleries athile nemikhiqizo ekhiqiza ama-tequila ngaphandle kokusebenzisa izithasiselo ezivunyelwe. Nakuba lolu hlu lungaphelele - futhi luqukethe izinhlobo eziningi ezincane okungenzeka kube nzima ukuzithola - ezinye ezinkulu, njenge-Patrón, ziyasikwa. UFodor uthi iViva Mexico, i-Atanasio, iCalle 23, neTerralta ngezinye zezintandokazi zakhe.

4. Yazi lokhu nge-tequila ephilayo.

Ukuze i-tequila ibhekwe njenge-organic, i-agave idinga ukutshalwa ngokwemvelo (ngaphandle komanyolo noma izibulala-zinambuzane) futhi ukulima okuphilayo kunzima, kusho uFodor. Uma i-tequila i-USDA-certified organic, izovela ngokucacile kulebula lomoya, ngakho-ke kulula ukuyibona kunokuba khona izithasiselo - kodwa ngenxa yokuthi i-tequila i-organic akusho ukuthi ayinazo izithasiselo, okusho ukuthi. akunakwenza mehluko ukuthi kunempilo kangakanani noma cha. Kodwa-ke, uma ukuthenga i-organic kuyingxenye yendlela yakho yokuphila, ukufuna "ama-distillers amancane, akhiqiza ngendlela efanayo ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane, maningi amathuba okuthi uthole imikhuba eqhubekayo nephilayo esetshenziswayo," kusho uKissick.

Ohlelweni olukhulu, kungcono ukufuna i-tequila engenasithako phezu kwe-organic eqinisekisiwe ngoba inqubo yesitifiketi iyabiza futhi yinde, ngakho-ke ezinye izinkampani ziyayishiya noma zinomkhiqizo wekhwalithi futhi zihlangabezana neningi leziqu. (Okuhlobene: Ingabe Kufanele Usebenzise Amakhondomu Engokwemvelo?)

"Ukuze ufakwe kuhlu lwabadlali beTequila Matchmaker kufanele uhlolwe idizili yakho, engicabanga ukuthi inengqondo kakhulu kunesitifiketi semvelo (njengoba bembalwa kakhulu emakethe [naleso sitifiketi], futhi uma kwenziwa i-tequila ehlukile yona leyo distillery engeyona eyokwemvelo, awukwazi ukuveza ukuthi iyinto ephilayo ebhodleleni, "kugcizelela uMaxwell Reis, umqondisi wesiphuzo waseGracias Madre, indawo yokudlela yaseMexico eseWest Hollywood, eCalifornia.

5. Cabanga ngokuziphatha nokusimama.

Ngaphandle kwalokho empeleni okuku-tequila, kubalulekile futhi ukukhumbula izimiso zokuziphatha ngemuva kophawu. "Uma kuziwa ekuthengeni i-tequila 'enempilo,' ngizokubekela inselelo yokuthi umbe ukuthi yenziwa kanjani ngumdidiyeli nokuthi isezingeni elifanele futhi iphilile," kusho u-bartender, umeluleki, nombhali weziphuzo uTyler Zielinski. "Uma lo mkhiqizo uphatha abasebenzi bawo kahle futhi ubala igama le-distiller yabo ebhodleleni, unecebo elizwakalayo lokulima i-agave yabo nokuqinisekisa ukuthi inhlabathi iphilile futhi i-agave iyakwazi ukufinyelela ekuvuthweni okugcwele (okuthatha iminyaka emihlanu kuya kweyisishiyagalolunye), futhi Amaphesenti ayi-100 e-weber agave tequila ene-NOM kulebula (inombolo kaNorma Oficial Mexicana isho ukuthi ibhodlela yi-tequila eyiqiniso nokuthi ikhiqiza muphi i-tequila), lapho-ke ungathemba ukuthi lo mkhiqizo ukhiqiza umkhiqizo ofanele ukuphuzwa. "

Uma ungabaza, cwaninga nge-tequila distillery noma ubathumele i-imeyili ukuze ubabuze mayelana nenqubo yabo yokutshala nokugalela, kusho uGlasman. "Uma benqikaza ukuphendula imibuzo yakho, cishe kungenzeka ukuthi kukhona abakufihlayo."

Isikhumbuzi: Amandla akho okusebenzisa angasiza angasiza ukwenza umthelela, ngisho nangendlela yawo encane. (Futhi lokho kuhamba ekusekeleni abakhiqizi abancane be-tequila kanye nokweseka amabhizinisi amancane, aphethwe yi-POC ngezidingo zakho zezempilo nobuhle.) "Umkhiqizo owukhethayo ungalolonga imboni iyonke," kusho uFodor. "Ingabe uyafuna ukuphuza i-tequila eshibhile kodwa enenani eliphakeme engeziwe-esindayo noma yendabuko ethwebula ingqikithi ye-agave eyenziwe amabhizinisi asendaweni anothando, amancane, endawo? Ngokuthenga lawa mabhodlela, usekela umkhiqizi we-tequila wendabuko we-indie kanye wasendaweni ngokuqondile ukuze akhiqize. i-tequila eyingqayizivele, eyiqiniso."

Ngakho-ke ngenkathi u-oda i-house tequila shots ebha njalo kubonakala kungumqondo "omuhle" ngaleso sikhathi, cwaninga ngaphambi kobusuku obuzayo (noma okulandelayo), bese ucacise uhlobo lomkhiqizo osezingeni elingathandwa kuphela muhle futhi wenza okuhle, kepha wamukela amasiko alokho okushiwo umoya.

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