01 ye 09
Maguey kana Agave Plant
Glow Images / Getty Images Mezcal mweya unenge uri kukura mukuzivikanwa mumakore achangopfuura. Kufanana neTequila , inogadzirwa kubva murave yegave, asi apo tequila inogadzirwa nemhando imwe chete yeAgave, Blue agave kana Agave tequilana, mezcal inogona kuitwa nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzegave, kunyange zvazvo Agave espadin inowanzoshandiswa. Kubvira muna 2005, mezcal yave iri pasi pemutemo weMexico unotarisa kuti mweya wegave unogona kunyorwa chete mezcal kana iine 100% agave uye yakaitwa mune imwe nzvimbo yeMexico inosanganisira 7 nyika dzakasiyana, asi mukuru weMezcal ndiye Oaxaca . Dharirai kuti muone kuti mezcal inowanzoitwa sei munharaunda yeOaxaca.
02 of 09
The Agave Piñas
Ingave ne spines yakabviswa inonzi piña. Suzanne Barbezat Agave (inonzi "ah-gah-vay"), iyo inonziwo maguey ("mah-gay") muchiSpain, dzimwe nguva inonzi "Century plant" muchiChirungu nokuti inogona kukura kuva yakakura uye ine hupenyu hurefu-nguva (kwete chaiyo zana remakore, kupfuura makore 25 kusvika ku30). Dzimwe nguva tinokanganisa kurudzi rwechigoni, ikoizvo ndeyemhuri yakasiyana, Agavaceae . Iyo agave maruva chete kamwechete muhupenyu hwavo, ichibudisa tsanga refu kubva pakati, uye muti unopera mushure mokupenya.
Iyo agave inowanzokohwa kana iri makore manomwe kana masere. Mushure mokunge agave ikohwewa, minda yemiti yacho inogurwa uye mwoyo wakasara, unonzi piña (zvinoreva chinanaini, nokuti inofananidzwa nechibereko), inogona kuyera kusvika makirogiramu zana (220 pounds).
03 of 09
Gomba umo agave yakabikwa
Iyo agave piñas inobikwa muhombe pasi pevhu. Suzanne Barbezat Iri ndiro gomba rakagadzirirwa dombo iro iyo agave piñas yakabikwa. Kutanga moto unotanga muchitsime chegomba, uye mabwe erwizi akaiswa pamusoro. Apo matombo ari kupisa-kupisa, mapaa , ayo akachekwa nehafu kana mudzimba, anoiswa mugomba. Chinhu chose chakabva chakafukidzwa nemashizha egave uye fiber uye mashizha matsi, akabatanidzwa nepasi uye akasiyiwa kuzora kwemazuva mana.
04 of 09
The Agave Bored
Kunyorera kunounza shuga dzepanyama dzegave. Suzanne Barbezat Apo nguva yakakwana yapfuura, mapain akachekwa anobviswa kubva mugomba. Kunyorera kunounza shuga dzepanyama dzegave. Inotapira zvikuru uye inowanzoshambadzirwa mumisika muMexico muzvinyorwa zvinodyiwa, pane iyo iyo fiber yakasimba inodzingwa, ndokurasikirwa.
05 of 09
Crushing the agave
Laurent Giraudou / Getty Images Iyo agave yakakangwa inopwanyika pamushonga unokosha wekukuya nematombo engoro akatakurwa nebhiza kana mule. Kunyange zvazvo nyungu inokwevera ibwe rinorema, munhu anoshandisa foski kuti aende iyo agave mumagetsi kuti ave nechokwadi chokuti inowira pasi nguva dzose.
06 of 09
Fermentation ye agave
Iyo agave yakapwanyika inowanikwa mumabhari kuti inyore. Suzanne Barbezat Mushure mokunge agave ichinyorwa, inoiswa mumapuranga emapuranga kuti aite. Mvura inotonhorera yakawedzerwa kumudziyo uye yasara kwemazuva mashomanana, zvino yakazadzwa kumusoro neyemvura inotonhorera uye yakasara kuti inamate kwemazuva mazhinji. Nguva chaiyo yenguva ichaenderana nemamiriro okunze, kana ichipisa, kuvhenesa kunokurumidza.
07 of 09
Distillation
Iyo yakaviriswa agave mash yakasvibiswa. Suzanne Barbezat Mushure mekuvirisa, iyo mash inoshandiswa. Yokutanga distillation inobereka uwandu hwekodhi doro. Mafiguru acho anobva abviswa kubva pakusara uye doro rinobva kune chekutanga distillation rinoshandiswa kechipiri.
08 of 09
Mezcal
Mushure mokunge chidimbu chechipiri chinoshandiswa, mezcal inosanganiswa kuti iwane girasi rakazara doro. Zvadaro, mezcal inogona kuiswa bhodhoro pakarepo, nokuda kwemajeri asina kushandurwa anonzi joven kana blanco, kana yakasara kusvika kune imwe mumabharaki omuoki.
09 of 09
Mezcal Presentations
Guillermo Vásquez / Getty Images Mezcal inotengeswa nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana:
- Mezcal blanco kana joven akwegura kwete zvachose, kana kusvika kumwedzi miviri.
- Mezcal reposado yakwegura pakati pemwedzi mitanhatu negore rimwe. Dzimwe nguva mhondi, chaizvoizvo chirongo chinobva mukati megwenzi regave, inowanikwa ku mezcal panguva iyo yakasungirirwa - asi chete mezcal reposado ine worm - haugoni kuwana mhondi mu mezcal joven kana reposado. Vamwe vanhu vanotaura kuti honye inowedzera kunakidza kwe mezcal, asi vamwe vanoti inongova gimmick yekutsvaga.
- Mezcal añejo akwegura kwegore rinenge. Iyo yakareba iyo mezcal yakwegura, inovhenekera inonaka.
Iko kunewo cremas de mezcal iyo inotapira uye inouya mumhando dzakasiyana-siyana, dzakadai sekonokonti, kofi uye chishuwo chekudya.