{"id":159,"date":"2014-08-24T23:29:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T23:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/?p=159"},"modified":"2014-11-12T07:07:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T07:07:25","slug":"tequila-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/tequila-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tequila Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SDMXN.com Tequila Basics:<\/p>\n<p>Tequila is a spirit (distilled alcohol) made from the agave plant and it&#8217;s the local alcohol for Mexico. Tequila falls into two categories: 100%\u00a0agave tequila and other tequila not made from 100% agave (and which I won&#8217;t discuss because you should only be drinking 100% agave tequila).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-168\" src=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tequila-SDMXN-small-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tequila SDMXN small\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tequila-SDMXN-small-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tequila-SDMXN-small.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Types of Tequila<\/p>\n<p>1. Blanco (clear tequila)<br \/>\n2. Joven (young tequila&#8211;not aged)<br \/>\n3. Reposado (rested tequila, some aging, usually just a few months of aging in oak barrels)<br \/>\n4. Anejo (aged tequila, usually aged for a minimum of about 1 year in wood barrels)<br \/>\n5. Extra Anejo (extra aged tequila, aged for at least 3\u00a0years in wood barrels)<\/p>\n<p>The best and largest tequila selection in San Diego can be found at El Agave: \u00a0http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/?q=business\/restaurants-bars\/el-agave<\/p>\n<p>Future posts will elaborate on where and how to get the best tequila. \u00a0As with many spirits in the United States, there are a number of up and coming smaller distilleries in Mexico that produce fantastic 100% agave tequila.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SDMXN.com Tequila Basics: Tequila is a spirit (distilled alcohol) made from the agave plant and it&#8217;s the local alcohol for Mexico. Tequila falls into two categories: 100%\u00a0agave tequila and other tequila not made from 100% agave (and which I won&#8217;t discuss because you should only be drinking 100% agave tequila). Types of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tequila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sdmxn.com\/sdMXNblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}