I-Tequila kunye ne-mezcal yimimoya eyenziwa eMexico ukusuka kwisityalo se-agave. Nangona kunjalo, kukho ukungqinelana okubalulekileyo phakathi kwezi ziphulo ezimbini. Ekuqaleni, i-tequila yayithathwa njengoluhlobo lwe-mezcal. Kwakubizwa ngokuthi "Mezcal de Tequila" (iMecalcal de Tequila), ngokubhekiselele kwindawo eyakhiwe ngayo, oko kukuthi, nakuloo dolophu yaseTequila, kwilizwe laseJalisco . Igama elithi "mezcal" lalibanzi, kubandakanya i-tequila kunye nezinye izotywala ezenziwe kwisityalo se-agave.
Uhlobo olufana nokwahlula phakathi kwe-scotch kunye ne-whisky, yonke i-tequila yayingu-mezcal, kodwa akusiyo yonke i-mezcal eyayiyi-tequila.
Njengoko imimiselo malunga nokuveliswa kwezi ziphuzo zenziwe, iinkcazo ezichanekileyo zemiqathango zitshintshile malunga nexesha. Ezi zimbini iintlobo zomoya zenziwe zivela kwisityalo se-agave, kodwa zenziwe ngeentlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-agave, kwaye ziveliswa kwiindawo ezahlukahlukeneyo zendawo.
I-Tequila's Appellation Origin
Ngowe-1977, urhulumente waseMexico wakhupha umyalelo owamisela ukuba isiselo sasibizwa kuphela nge-tequila ukuba senziwa kwindawo ethile yaseMexico (kwilizwe laseJalisco kunye noomasipala abambalwa kwiindawo ezikufuphi zaseGuanajuato, eMichoacán, e-Nayarit, kunye neTamaulipas) kwaye yenziwa kwi- Agave Tequilana Weber , eyaziwa ngokuba yi-agave eluhlaza. Urhulumente waseMexico uqhubezela ukuba i-tequila yikhiqiza yenkcubeko emele ifake eli gama xa likhutshwe kwi-blue agave isityalo somthonyama kwisiza esithile seMexico.
Abaninzi bayavuma ukuba oku kunjalo, kwaye ngo-2002, i-UNESCO yaqaphela i-Agave Landscape kunye neZibonelelo ze-Tequila zamandulo njengeZiko leMveli kwiHlabathi .
Inkqubo yokuvelisa ilawulwa ngokungqongqo kwaye ngumthetho: i-tequila ingabhalwa kuphela kwaye ithengiswe yilo gama ukuba i-agave eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ibe ngaphezu kwesiqingatha seeshukela ezivuthayo kwisiselo.
I-tequila ye-Premium yenziwe nge-100% ye-agave eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kwaye ibhalwe njengolu hlobo, kodwa i-tequila ingabandakanya ukuya kwi-49% yerhasi okanye ishukela emdaka, apho kuthethwa khona "i-mixto" okanye ixutywe. Ibhunga elilawulayo livumela le tequila ephantsi kwexabiso ukuba ithunyelwe kwiibhare kwaye ibhotile ephesheya. I-tequila ye-Premium, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kufuneka ibhotshelwe eMexico.
Ulawulo lweMezcal
Imveliso ye-mezcal yayilawulwa ngoku kutshanje. Kwaye kubonakala kubonwa njengesiphunga somntu osweleyo kwaye kwenziwa kuzo zonke iintlobo zeemeko, kunye neziphumo zobuninzi obuphezulu. Ngowe-1994, urhulumente wasebenzisa umthetho wokubizwa kweMvelaphi ukuya kwimveliso ye-mezcal, ukunciphisa indawo apho ingaveliswa khona kwimimandla e- O axaca , Guerrero, Durango , eSan Luis Potosí naseZacatecas.
I-Mezcal ingenziwa kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-agave. I-Agave Espadin yinto eqhelekileyo, kodwa ezinye iindidi ze-agave nazo zisetyenziswa. I-Mezcal kufuneka ibe ne-80% yeshukela ye-agave, kwaye kufuneka ibhotshelwe eMexico.
Inkqubo yokuvelisa Inkqubo
Inkqubo apho i-tequila yenziwa ngayo iyahlukana nendlela i-mezcal eyenziwa ngayo. I-tequila, intliziyo yesitshalo se-agave (esibizwa ngokuba yi- piña , ngenxa yokuba i-spines isuswe ifana ne-chinnas) i-steamed phambi kwe-distillation, kwaye ininzi ye-mezcal i-piñas ikwabiwe emgodini ongaphantsi komhlaba ngaphambi kokuba ityiwe kwaye ifakwe i-distilled, i-flakier flavor.
Mezcal okanye iTequila?
Udumo lukaMeqcal luye lwavusa kwiminyaka yamuva, kwaye abantu babonisa ukwazisa ngokuhlukahluka komoya kwintlanzi kuxhomekeke kuhlobo lwe-agave elisetyenzisiweyo, apho lwaluhlwayelwe khona kwaye umnqweno ngamnye wezityalo ezikhethekileyo. Imveliso ye-mezcal iphindwe kabini kwiminyaka yamuva nje, kwaye ngoku ixutyushwa kwi-tequila, kunye nabanye abantu bada baxabisa i-tequila ngenxa yeendidi ezahlukeneyo ezinokuzibandakanya.
Nokuba ukhetha ukuphuza i-mezcal okanye i-tequila, khumbula nje oku: aba moya bahloselwe ukuba bahlulwe, bangadutshulwa!