Tequila glasses with Sangrita, Tequila history

Hand blown Tequila shot glasses with Sangrita.
Photography by Paul Schmidt, Houston, Texas.

Hand blown Tequila shot glasses, made exclusively for Mexican Food & Gifts, with handcrafted cactus etched in each glass. Because these glasses are hand blown by artisans in the Bejines glass shop in Mexico, no two pieces are exactly alike in size, shape or design. For Tequila shot glasses only, click here.

Order includes: make your choice from the pull down menu:
- 4 - hand blown shot glasses also referred to as "bubble glass" with hand designed cactus (molded while glass is hot) each slightly different + 1 - 32oz. (1litre) "La Original Viuda de Sanchez" glass bottle Sangrita, the ultimate Tequila partner! Made in Mexico.

- 4 - hand blown shot glasses. Hand made in the Bejines glass factory in Mexico.

- Sangrita only - 32oz. (1litre) "La Original Viuda de Sanchez" glass bottle Sangrita, the ultimate Tequila partner! Made in Mexico.

Ingredients in Sangrita: water, sugar, salt, hot sauce, citric acid, orange emulsion, potassium sorbate, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate, red #40 and yellow #6. Note: refrigerate La Original Viuda de Sanchez Sangrita after opening. Shelf life: 3 months.

* Cactus glasses are handmade in Mexico exclusively for Mexican Food & Gifts To Go.
* Imported from Mexico.
* For more information on hand blown glass, click here: http://www.texmextogo.com/mexican_hand_blown_glass.htm
* Use the message section on the order form for your hand-lettered greeting.
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Click here to purchase individual hand blown Mexican glasses.

How to drink Tequila: Tequila is usually served with a lime wedge and salt or as a vampiro with a tomato and orange chaser called a sangrita. Tequila blanco is often mixed with other drinks to make cocktails like tequila sunrise (made with grenadine and orange juice) and margaritas (made with lime juice and triple sec and served with salt around the rim of the glass).
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Tequila and Mezcal are both internationally known Mexican apéritifs, distilled from the sap of different species of the agave plant. Tequila is to Mezcal as Cognac is to Brandy – a refined, connoisseur’s drink. Both are made from similar ingredients by a similar process, but tequila can be produced only in a strictly defined region that centers on the town of Tequila near Gaudalajara in Mexico. Both drinks are distantly derived from pulque, a low-alcohol, fermented beverage made from another species of agave, which was drunk by the people of ancient Mexico.
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How tequila is made: Tequila is made by fermenting the sap of the agave and distilling the resultant mixture twice before bottling.The best Tequila is made from 100% blue agave: this is stated on the label to prove that sugar has not been added.Tequila comes in three varieties:

Blanco (white) - is unaged, clear, and colorless.

Resposado and Añejo – are tequilas which have been aged in oak barrels (for up to one year and three years respectively), turning them an amber color.

Mezcal con gusano – is made near Oaxaca. A worm is placed in the bottle to prove that the mescal is high enough in alcohol to preserve it, often referred to as the "tequila worm".

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