Here are some facts and curiosities that you did not know about tequila ; Emblematic drink of Mexico and famous throughout the world.
Tequila curiosities
- Tequila is one of the few things foreigners recognize as purely Mexican. However, in China a “pirate” drink is produced that is sold under the name of tequila and is marketed in several countries around the world.
- The "caballito", the characteristic glass for drinking tequila, is believed to have originated from bull horns that were used in factories to taste tequila fresh from the alembic.
- La Rojeña , which was the first distillery to produce the famous José Cuervo Tequila , still operates today, making it the oldest distillery in America.
- Tequila, Jalisco, the town that gives this drink its name, was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006.
- “Pasión Azteca” is the name of the most expensive bottle of tequila that has been sold in the world; It had a cost of one million dollars and was composed of 4 kilos of pure platinum and 4 thousand embedded diamonds.
- A good quality tequila , that is, one that does not go through any chemical or industrial process does not generate a hangover in people.
- One of the legends about the origin of tequila tells that one day lightning struck an agave plantation, which made these plants burn for several seconds; When the inhabitants realized that an aromatic nectar was pouring from the interior, they drank with fear and reverence, which is why it is said that this is a drink given by the gods.
- Technically, all tequilas are mezcal, since any distillate derived from the agave plant is a mezcal; Only that mezcal that contains more than 51% blue agave can be called tequila.
