01 ngo 07
Ukwamkela umhlaba we-Blue Agave
I-agave ehlaza okwesibhakabhaka yaseTequila, iJalisco. Ukubonisa ihlabathi .. / Getty Images Intsimi ye-agave eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka isasazeka kwiindawo ezikude ezisemantla aseMexico, ukudala i-vista ekhethekileyo. Ngokomthetho, i-tequila inokuveliswa kuphela kulo mmandla, ngaphandle kwelizwe laseJalisco libandakanya amanqaku aseMexico aseGuanajuato, eMichoacan, e-Nayarit naseTamaulipas. Le ndawo yavakaliswa yiZiko leMveli kwiHlabathi ye-UNESCO ngo-2006 ngenxa yeempawu zayo ezizodwa zemvelo nezithethe zenkcubeko. Indawo ekhethiweyo iquka ii-85,650 iihektare zomhlaba phakathi kwentaba yaseTequila kunye neRio Grande River. Lo mmandla uqulethe indawo ephilayo, esebenzayo yemimandla ye-agave, kuquka i-distilleries, iifriji kunye ne-haciendas.
02 we-07
Fumana iDolophu yaseMagical yaseTequila
Icawa yaseSantiago Apostol e Tequila, iJalisco. Mahaux Photography / Getty Izithombe I dolophu yaseSantiago de Tequila ihlala malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-60 entshonalanga yeGuadalajara . Uhambo lwakho kwilizwe le-tequila aluyi kuzaliswa ngaphandle kokuhambahamba ngeli dolophu ekhangayo, enembali ekhangayo. Unokutyelela icawa kwisikwere esikhulu kwaye ujikelele izitalato zedolophu zecobblestone. Le dolophu iphakathi kweendawo uhulumeni waseMexico athi "u- Pueblos Mágicos " ngenxa yezinto zenkcubeko kunye nomdla wembali.
Icawa yasepaki yeyona dolophu yedolophu, uMongameli wethu wePurísima Concepción, imihla ye-18 leminyaka. Icawa inenqanawa yelitye, insimbi yentsimbi kunye neepiramidi (estipite) ezinqatshelwe nge-tritcated (estipite) eziphambene nesango eliphambili. Ngaphakathi kukho umfanekiso weNkosikazi yethu yeConception eya kuthiwa ngo-1865.
Ngaphandle kokutyelela ii-distilleries edolophini yaseTequila, ungaphindela kwiMyuziyam yaseTequila, e-Ramon Corona # 34. Le nyuziyamu iqukethe izinto ezingaphezulu kwama-300 kumagumbi athombisa amahlanu kwaye inika ingqiqo kwimbali yokuvelisa i-tequila.
03 we-07
Jonga i-Agave Ivunyiwe kwiNdlela yesiGadi
Ukuvuna i-agave: "La Jima". UDouglas Peebles / Getty Izithombe Ukuhlalwa kwe-agave kudala kumaxesha amandulo. Yayilinywa ngokusetyenziswa kweentlobo ezahlukeneyo-i-fiber, intyatyambo, iintsiba, amaqabunga, kunye ne-sap, zonke zafakwa kwiinjongo ezithile. Isiselo esilisiwe esaziwa ngokuba yi-pulque senziwa ngokucoca isitshalo kwisityalo se-agave. Nangona kukho umbuzo malunga nokuba ngaba abantu baseMesoamerica baqhelana nenkqubo yokuphunga izixhobo ngaphambi kokuba kufika amaSpanish, mhlawumbi umoya odibeneyo awuzange uveliswe de emva kwe-15 leminyaka.
Uyabona indlela i-tequila eveliswa ngayo, ukusuka kwinqanaba le-agave ukuya kumkhiqizo ogqityiweyo. La Jima ligama elibhekiselele ekuvuneni isityalo se- agave . I-Agave ivunwa ngendlela yendabuko ngendlela enamandla kakhulu yabasebenzi. Umsebenzi, obizwa ngokuba yi-jimador, usebenzisa isixhobo esikhethekileyo, njengesitya esicacileyo, esicatshulwayo ukususa iipikhi kwi-agave kwaye ikhuphe intliziyo yesityalo. Intliziyo yesityalo, kunye neentsipho zisuswe, zifana ne-chinina kwaye ibizwa ngokuba yi-piña.
I-Tequila inemvelaphi efanayo ne-mezcal , bobabini imimoya yenziwe kwi-agave, kodwa i-tequila yenziwa kuphela nge-agave eluhlaza kwaye kule ndawo ethile. Ukuhlukana phakathi kwababini kwaqala ngokulawulwa kwe-tequila kuma-1940. Umthetho "de calidad para el tequila" udluliselwe ngoJuni 14, 1949, kwaye uphuculwe kwaye uhlaziywa ukususela ngoko. Kwaye kwafika ngowe-1974 ukuba urhulumente waseMexico wayedlulise "ihlelo lokuvela" elichazwe ukuba i-tequila yayingenziwa kuphela kwiindawo ezithile eMexico.
04 we-07
Funda indlela iTequila eveliswa ngayo
I-Mundo Cuervo zokuthambisa izixhobo eziseTequila. © Suzanne Barbezat Indawo yokuthambisa izixhobo ezindala kunazo zonke nguJose Cuervo, obizwa ngokuba yiLa Rojeña. Le ya yiyokuqala yokuthambisa i-tequila kwaye ivelisa i-brand ye-tequila ye-Jose Cuervo. Ukutyelela kunikezelwa rhoqo ngexesha lonke. Nika iinwele zeenwele eziqingqiweyo uze ubone ubungqina bokusetyenziswa kwesayinitsha.
Uza kubona iintliziyo ze-agave zihlanjululwe kwaye zithathwe kwii-ovens, ii-labs apho i-tequila ivavanywa khona ukuqinisekisa ukuba ihlangabezana nemigangatho echanileyo yefektri, kunye nemibhobho apho umoya usekhulile; ukuya kunyaka owodwa ukwenzela i-reposado tequila, ukuya kwiminyaka emihlanu ye-añejo kunye neyibhozo iminyaka kwimveliso ekhethekileyo.
05 we-07
Jabulela iMariachis kunye neNkcubeko yaseMexico
UCharros ubonisa izakhono zomsebenzi wezintambo. © Suzanne Barbezat I-Charreria ngumdlalo wesizwe waseMexico. Iqukethe ama-cowboys aseMexico anxibe kwiingubo ozibonayo kwi-mariachis (abaculi bathatha iingubo zabo kwi-charros). Benza iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zobuqili kunye nabalingisi, abanye bahamba ngehashe, bekhokela amahashe abo ngeqhinga elincinci kunye nokwenza i-ropework ebizwa ngokuthi "floreo de soga" ihamba ngamandla kunye ne-lasso. Isizwe saseJalisco sithathwa njengesisu somculo we-charreria kunye nomculo we-mariachi , kwaye iindwendwe zeTequila ziyakwazi ukubona ezinye zezibonakaliso zenkcubeko.
06 we-07
Thatha iTeve ngeTequila Country
Thatha iTequila Express. Luis Davilla / Getty Izithombe Ukuba ufuna ukuvakatyelela kwilizwe le-tequila uhambo olukhumbulekayo lwelanga, thabatha isitimela se-tequila. I-Jose Cuervo Express isuka kwisikhululo seFerrovia eGuadalajara ngoMgqibelo (kunye nezinye iLwesihlanu kunye neeCawa),
Ngaphandle koko, iTequila Express isuka eGuadalajara kwaye ityelela i-Herradura distillery kodwa ayiyi ku tyelela idolophu yaseTequila.
07 we-07
Sebenzisa i-Tequila ebusuku
I-Solar de las Animas e Tequila, eJalisco. © Suzanne Barbezat Ukuba uhlala ixesha elide edolophini yaseTequila, into enhle yiyo ye-boutique Hotel Solar de las Animas.
Abo bafuna indawo yesiganeko akufuneki bajonge ngaphaya kweHacienda El Centenario, indawo ekhangayo yomtshato okanye nayiphi na isiganeko esikhulu. I-hacienda idibanise izikhala kunye nezizathu ezintle ezinokungenisa iindwendwe ezimbalwa.