Recently, I was asked about the "right" way to drink fine tequila.
I forgot to mention the very best, (and most cost-effective) thing
you can do
to enjoy the flavor of the finest agaves the Good Lord put on
this Earth.
You put about two drops on your tongue. (Don't use an eye-dropper,
you'll look like a dweeb)
Juts sip the smallest amount of liquid into your mouth, and hold
it on your tongue.
Then raise your tongue to the roof of your mouth - that will force
the drops sideways,
which will coat your tongue with flavor, but the tequila will
mostly be gone because
you're spreading two drops over six square inches of tongue.
Now comes the best part.
Keeping your mouth closed, s-l-o-w-l-y exhale thru your nose.
Chinaco:
The Añejo shares the same attack, intensity, and complexity as its
predecessors,
but has graduated to a yellow color.
The aromas are intense, dominated by earthy agave with a
strong presence of pepper, citrus, chamomile,
caramel, smoke, and butterscotch.
The tequila is oily, yet dry, an amazing
accomplishment. Huge agave and caramel flavors are balanced
by fruit, floral, oak, and butterscotch,
with a bit of white pepper. The aftertaste is low on bitterness and
moderate on sweetness. The alcohol level
is hot. Duration of flavors is long with agave and caramel.
Ohhh, it's so nice...
It'll takes a time or five to get it right.
If you don't have enough tequila on your tongue, not much will
happen.
If you have too much tequila on your tongue, you will be, in
effect, snorting tequila.
As much fun as that sounds, it's not.
But after you do this a few times and get your timing and amounts
down pat,
you're in a position to have your whole head flooded with the
exquisite flavors of
fine, fine tequila at, swear to Koresh, pennies per thrill.
If you drink your tequila this way, you might get 30 "blasts"
out of a $2 shot.
That's just 6 cents per blast.
So - when you hear someone say, "I don't
buy fine tequila because I can't afford it,"
you know they haven't been reading bartcop.com