Mexican Hand Blown Tequila Glasses
Hand blown Tequila shot glasses with a handcrafted cactus melted to the blown glass while still hot.
We have had the cactus shot glass for 3 years and in December2006, the Bejines family in Mexico, owners of the glass factory, made another exclusive design just for us: a single red chili pepper with stem on a shot glass. Don't you know we decided to have them make a complete glassware line of chili pepper glassware!
Because these glasses are made by hand by artisans in Mexico, no two pieces are exactly alike in size, shape, thickness or design....A slight variance in each of them. Made exclusively for Mexican Food & Gifts To Go.
Made in Mexico.
Order includes: 2 -Tequila shooter glasses.You supply the rest! Choose from two styles: cactus or red chili pepper.
View our chili pepper glass here.
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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).
How is Tequila made?
Tequila and Mezcal are both internationally known Mexican apéritifs, distilled from the sap of different species of the agave plant. Tequila can be produced only in a strictly defined region that centers on the town of Tequila, near Gaudalajara in Mexico. Tequila is famous around the world for its unique taste and it is also the great drink mixer used in Margaritas that have become one of the most popular cocktails ever.
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 information can be found on the bottle label to prove that sugar has not been added.
Tequila, the primary spirit drink of Mexico, has its own special flavor that is almost tart and leaves the tongue clean and tingling. In the 1970s, tequila became the fastest growing spirit in sales, as vodka did in the 1960s. Tequila is obtained from the distillation of the fermented juice (sap) of the mescal plant, called pulque. The only source for Tequila is the mescal plant, which is a species of the agave plant. It is a cactus that takes between twelve and thirteen years to mature. Its long leaves, or spikes, are cut off at harvest time, leaving only the bulbous central core, called the pina, meaning pineapple. The pinas, which weigh from 80 pounds to 175 pounds each, are taken to the distillery where they are cooked in pressure cookers for several hours. They are then cooled and shredded, and the juice is pressed out. The fermentation process is completed in huge wooden vats. The fermented juice is then twice distilled in traditional copper-pot stills (from: Professional Bartenders School).