Tequila · Explainer
Questions about tequila
This page has the answers to the questions asked most often about tequila. Each answer is written by the wine & spirits shop in Bathmen, backed by its own stock and supplied with sources.
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- What is the difference between tequila and mezcal?Both are Mexican agave distillates with a protected origin. Tequila may only be made from blue agave (Agave tequilana Weber) from 181 municipalities in 5…
- What is agave?Agave is a genus of succulents; tequila may only be made from Agave tequilana Weber variedad azul, the blue agave. The plant…
- Which tequila do you use for a margarita?Take a 100 percent agave tequila. With a mixto at least 51 percent of the sugars come from agave and up to…
- What is the difference between blanco, reposado and añejo tequila?The Mexican standard NOM-006-SCFI-2012 determines the maturation. Blanco is not matured, or for less than two months. Reposado matures for at least two months on…
- Why do you drink tequila with salt and lemon?Salt and lemon are not in any rule. The Mexican standard NOM-006-SCFI-2012 only describes what tequila is: with 100 percent agave come…
- What is the difference between mezcal, sotol, raicilla and bacanora?All four are Mexican distilled spirits with their own protection of origin and their own standard. Mezcal follows NOM-070-SCFI-2016 and may be made from several agave species…
- Why has tequila become more expensive?Tequila became more expensive in the years when blue agave was scarce: the price per kilo rose to about 32 pesos. In…
- What does one hundred percent agave mean on a tequila bottle?One hundred percent agave means that all the sugars in the bottle come from blue agave, the species Agave tequilana Weber variedad azul. If this is missing…
- What is additive-free tequila?Additive-free tequila is tequila to which none of the four permitted additives has been added: caramel colouring, natural oak or encino extract, glycerine and sugar syrup. The…
- What is cristalino tequila?Cristalino is aged tequila from which the colour has been filtered out with activated carbon. The Mexican standard recognises five classes: blanco, joven, reposado, añejo…
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