I-Cancun ne-Playa del Carmen baneendawo ezinkulu zee-tequila ezinokukhetha okumangalisayo
Ukuba ungumthandi we-tequila, uhambo oluya e-Mexican Caribbean - kunye ne-Playa del Carmen-unokuziva unjengomntwana kwivenkile yesitolo. I-drag Avenue enkulu, i-Fifth Avenue, idibene neentengiso ze-tequila ezigcina ngokukhululekileyo iindidi ze-blanco, i-resposado, ne-anejo tequilas, kunye ne-mezcal.
Kuphi Ukuthenga i-Tequila e-Playa naseCancun
Enye yeentengiso zethu ezithandayo yiMyuziyamu yaseTequila, ebizwa ngegama layo, ibonisa umboniso omncinci kumqolo wesitrato ngendlela i-tequila eyenziwa ngayo kwisityalo se-agave esizalweni.
Isikhokelo esichazayo sinikezela incwadana emfutshane kwimveliso yendabuko kunye neenkqubo zokuphunga izixhobo, kuquka nethuba lokuhlola isityalo se-agave. (I-Museo Sensorial del Tequila e-Cancun indawo yehotele, iprojekthi ye-Herradura Tequila, ifanelekile ukuyeka ukufunda ngembali ye-tequila; ukuba uhamba waya kwisiqithi saseCozumel ukusuka echwebeni e-Cancun, iHacienda Antigua iqhuba imihla ngemihla ii-tequila tours,.)
Kwaye, ke, kukho i-tequila tastings kwiMyuziyam yaseTequila kunye nezinye ivenkile ezifana neHacienda Tequila (e-Playa naseCancun) naseTeila.
Nangona kunjalo, amava anokuba nzima kakhulu, nokuba ngaba ungumthandi we-tequila. Ngokuqinisekileyo kunceda ukuba nolwazi olusisiseko lwe-tequila ukukunceda ekukhokheni ukuthenga kwakho: ngaphandle koko, unokuwela kwisicupho sokukhetha nje enye kwibhotile enhle kakhulu, okungekho nto ithetha ukuba i-tequila engcono kakhulu.
Ukuthenga i-Tequila
Kuqhutywe ukuqhubela iinqwelo zeentengiso zeTequila kwi-Riviera Maya; kufuneka uthathe isampuli ezininzi njengoko unikezwa kwaye ubuze imibuzo eninzi ngaphambi kokuthenga: abasebenzi ababini baxhamla ukuncedisa ukukukhokela.
(Nangona kunjalo, ngokuqhelekileyo unokufumana amaxabiso angcono, nangona ukhetho olungaphantsi, kwi-WalMart yendawo ePlaya, kunye nekhontrakthi e-Cancun ngenye inketho yokugcina imali).
Umgaqo wokuqala wokuthenga i-tequila kukujonga abo bangama-100 e-agave-isiqinisekiso sokuthi ufumana i-tequila yangempela engaxutywanga kunye nezinye, utywala obuthile.
Kukho iintlobo ezintlanu ze-tequila zokukhetha ukusuka:
- U-Blanco (aka siliva, i-plata, umhlophe, okanye i-platinum): Cima i-agave eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka engazange ikhulile. I-flavour eqinileyo yenza ukuba i-cocktails iphumelele.
- I-Gold (aka Oro okanye i-Joven): ngokuqhelekileyo i-tequila engabizi ngaphantsi kwemibala engaphezulu okanye i-flavour, nangona ezinye ziyingxube ephezulu ye-blanco kunye nabadala okanye i-repposado tequilas (jonga ngezantsi).
- I-Resposado: i-tequila yegolide edala kwimibhobho okanye kwiitanki zensimbi kwiinyanga ezi-2-11.
- Anejo: i-tequila emnyama emnyama ubudala ubuncinane ubuncinane ngonyaka.
- U-Anejo owongezelelweyo: i-tequila emnyama ubudala ubuncinane iminyaka emithathu.
I-Mezcal yomoya oqinileyo okhutshwe kwi-plant maguey, enye uhlobo lwe-agave. I-mezcal, ingekho i-tequila, eyayiqulethe i-worm, nangona kungekhona yonke i-mezcal. Ngokuqhelekileyo idliwe njengedutshu ngqo, ingaxubeki.
"Kwabaqalayo, isincomo esihle kakhulu, i-tquila ehle, i-cold ququila, njengokuba oku kuya kunceda i-tequila ibonwe ngokukhawuleza ngaphandle kokunxilisa utywala," kusho uOmar Lopez, umphathi we-bar kwi-JW Marriott Cancun Resort kunye ne-Spa, egcina ngaphezulu 100 i-tequila kwi-bar lobby. "Ukuba umntu ukhetha i-tequila kwiqondo lokushisa lokubanda, u-Don Julio Reposado onomdaka omncinane kunye netyuwa yindlela yokuhamba." Kukhethwa kakuhle ukuba awukho njengamanje eCaribbean yaseMexico, njengoko uDon Julio enokufumaneka lula kwiindawo ezininzi zokuthengisa kotywala.
Kukho ukhetho oluphantsi, oluphakathi, nolusephakamileyo lwe-tequila kunye ne-mezcal. "Kukho amawaka eemveliso zama-tequila, kodwa akutsho ukuba ixabiso elibi kakhulu lingcono," kusho uLolez. "I-Tequila iya kukhethwa ngenxa yokunambitheka kwayo, ukubunjwa, kunye nobuhle, kodwa kungabi ngexabiso."
Iingcali zethu zincoma:
- Maestro Reposado okanye Anejo: yi-cocktail kwi-JW Marriott okanye e-Cancun i-airport-free of about $ 40.
- Casa Azulejo Anejo: malunga ne-125 e-Playa.
- Tres, Cuatro y Cinco: i-ultra premium mix of 3-, 4-, ne-5 ubudala ye-tequila. Phantse i $ 500 kwibhotile.
"Ngenxa yamathambo anzima, ndincoma i-tequila esemgangathweni, njengoJose Cuervo Reserva de la Familia, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-cognac ye-tequila. Kulungile kodwa ngu-Herradura Supremo Extra Añejo," ungeze uLapez. L
I-Tequila Inxila: Ngaphandle kwe-Margarita
I-Margarita iindawo ezidumeleyo ze-tequila ezithandwa kakhulu emhlabeni, kwaye unokufumana i-cocktails ezihle, ezenziwe ngezandla ezithengiswayo kwiindawo zokutya kunye nemigoqo ye-Playa.
I-Tequila Sunrise, umxube we-tequila, ijusi ye-orange kunye ne-grenadine, i-eye-opener eyaziwayo.
I-Mexican engakumbi i-Paloma, umxube we-tequila kunye ne-grapefruit soda. Ngaphezulu nangokwemveli iSharrita, onokuyithengela ibhotile, yenza i-fresh, okanye uthenge kwi-bar ye-JW Marriott, enika le ngxube yanamhlanje kwi-recipe ye-sangrita yengqungquthela (nangona ukubonakala kungekho ijusi yetekisi).