With National Mezcal Day around the corner, let’s celebrate with the finest mezcal from the mountains of Oaxaca Mexico – Vamonos Riendo! This is a super-premium, triple-distilled, high-altitude, artisanal mountain ensemble, unlike any other in its category, and perfect to sip neatly or mix into a delicious cocktail.
THE BEST WAY TO DRINK MEZCAL WILL ALWAYS BE CLEAN, IN SMALL SIPS SIMILAR TO SMALL KISSES.
1. Use a copita or veladora
These drinking vessels have wide openings to sip your mezcal so the aromas can work around you, not at you.
2. Take in the aroma
Put your nose in the vessel and take in the smokiness, fruit, and earthy aromas.
3. Take three sips
Start by putting your tongue into the mezcal and get a tiny amount on the roof of your mouth and behind your teeth to clear your palette. Then, take a small sip and leave it on your tongue for the count of five. This is to prime your palate for the complex flavors. Finally, take another (small sip). You’re ready to start discerning different flavors and truly enjoying the spirit.
Try along with slices of orange slices dipped in spices like Tajin, or with worm salt. You sip your mezcal, then take a bite of your orange, so you keep cleaning your palate and keep tasting the mezcal.
A DELICIOUS AND REFRESHING COCKTAIL:
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 oz of Vamonos Riendo Mezcal
- 2 oz of passion fruit
- 1 oz of honey
- 1 strawberry
RECIPE: Cut passion fruit in half, extract the fruit, put in blender at low speed to keep seeds intact, strain and add to a shaker filled with ice, add Vamonos Riendo Mezcal and honey. Shake and pour into glass with ice and garnish with flowers or whatever you prefer.