Tequila Time Frozen Or Neat: Tequila Enjoys Fashionable Resurgence
MIXOLOGY Tequila Time Frozen or Neat: Tequila Enjoys Fashionable Resurgence COCKTAIL CLASSIC Tequila Sunrise courtesy geniuskitchen.com 2 ounces tequila 4 ounces orange juice 3⁄4 ounce grenadine Salt the rim of glass and fill with cracked ice. Pour in tequila and orange juice. Slowly pour in grenadine and allow it to settle to the bottom of the glass before serving. Do not stir. Garnish with orange slice and cherry if desired. Written by Bill Burke 6 | 802spirits.com u MAY 2018 Please drink responsibly. t’s been more than six decades since The number of secondary, subtle flavors. It’s said this thorny plant that tequila begins its life. Champs recorded “Tequila” – the infectious that the highlands of Jalisco have a distinct Workers, known as jimadors, use long- Latin rock flavored, saxophone-driven ear soil and growing landscape, which may handled knives (coa) to remove the long, Iworm that set Pee Wee Herman dancing, made impart different flavors than tequila produced spiky, barbed leaves, exposing the heart of an appearance in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and was in the lowlands of the region. the plant — the pina. recently featured in the film, “Baby Driver.” Like Cognac or Champagne, tequila can The agave pinas are cooked in traditional Like the song’s enduring pop culture pres- only be made in a specific region — the state brick ovens or stainless steel autoclaves. ence, the spirit itself has remained popular, of Jalisco in western Mexico, the home of Once, cooked, they are crushed and ground and is even enjoying a renaissance among Mariachi music and this nation’s signature to release and extract the juice, which is then enthusiasts.
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