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Now there are so many different drinks around, including alcoholic drinks, that when you go to a store or a bar, sometimes you don’t know what to take. Everyone chooses for himself what alcoholic drinks to drink and whether to drink at all. Girls most often prefer not very strong alcohol, men - more strong. And, if we are talking about strong drinks, then in Russia the most popular of them are definitely vodka, cognac, whiskey and, oddly enough, recently entered this list of tequila.
Tequila - Mexican vodka, has long and firmly taken a place in the list of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the world. Try it worth it, if only because the national drink of Mexico is precisely tequila. How to drink it right? This is a whole art.
Question "Tequila: how to drink?" we will also consider, but first, it’s worth talking about the history of this drink. Tequila has long been produced in Mexico. The history of the drink dates back to the VIII century and is associated with the indigenous population - the Indians - who were the first to learn to get a viscous foamy drink from the core of blue agave , which was given the name "pulka". The strength of the drink was approximately 4-6 degrees. The Indians drank the drink only once every four years at a special holiday dedicated to the fire god. All the rest of the time, only the elderly and the sick drank “bullet”. It is worth saying that for a long time "pulque" was the only drink in Mexico that contained at least some amount of alcohol. And only the Spanish conquistadors brought with them the technology of making alcohol. It was thanks to this that the tequila (or tequila wine, as it was then called) was produced, which became the national drink of Mexico. Now there is a whole science that answers the sacramental question: “Tequila - how to drink?”, And the drink itself has become famous all over the world.
If we consider the methods of making tequila, then we can distinguish several basic ones that have passed the test of time, and several popular right now. To begin with, true connoisseurs have their own answer to the question “Tequila: how to drink?”: They sip a drink at a sip, slowly. At the same time, the drink should have room temperature, and should be served exclusively in a special pile - the “little horse”, as the Spaniards call it in their own language.
The tequila boom cocktail is becoming more and more popular when tequila is mixed with a sprite, the glass is covered with a palm on top, and then forcefully (not such that the glass breaks, of course) hit them on a table or bar. Mexico also has a cocktail that is somewhat similar to a simple Russian "ruff" - a stack of tequila is added to a glass of beer.
However, the most famous and popular, of course, is the method of using tequila with salt and lime. How to drink tequila with salt is not a difficult question. For this, there is a universal formula that is known to all lovers of this drink: "lick, knock over, bite." In this case, lick, of course, you need salt, knock over a pile of tequila, bite lime or lemon.
Today, about 500 brands of tequila are known , and when choosing a drink in the store, you should pay attention to the inscriptions: the highest quality drinks must have an inscription on any part of the Hecho en Mexico bottle, which means "Made in Mexico". This is where real tequila is made, the taste of which you will definitely enjoy.
There are far fewer types of tequila - only four: Blanko (“silver” - colorless and transparent, not aged), Joven (“golden” - with aromatic additives and tinted with special dyes), Reposado (real, aged from 2 months to a year in special oak barrels) and Anejo (produced on the same principle, but having a much longer aging time).
A person who does not face the question: "Tequila: how to drink correctly?" can get indescribable pleasure from drinking the drink. Try it and, perhaps, you will also enter into a wide circle of admirers of this drink, like many, many before you.