{"id":2658,"date":"2013-05-31T12:34:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T19:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:51:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T19:51:25","slug":"tahona-ground-blancos-tequila-review-episode-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/?p=2658","title":{"rendered":"Tahona-ground blancos- tequila review (episode 110)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/111446173\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/111446173\">TahonaEdit 01<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1598583\">Lippy<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EVERYBODY<\/strong> must get <strong><em>STONED!<\/em><\/strong> Turn your tequila clock back a hundred years or more and you\u2019d find that all of the distilleries in Mexico were using a giant volcanic grinding stone (the <em>TAHONA<\/em>) to extract the juice from their cooked agave plants.  Fast forward to the present day and you\u2019ll find that less than 1% of the distilleries are still producing their tequila using this age old technique.  But does it make any difference to the <strong>TASTE?<\/strong> Join <strong>Lippy<\/strong> &amp; <strong>\u201cSenior\u201d Rick Mendell<\/strong> as they BLIND TASTE <strong>8 (!) <\/strong><strong>blancos<\/strong> which were created completely (or mostly) with <strong>Tahona<\/strong>-ground agaves.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lippy<\/strong> welcomes back his favorite drinking buddy, <strong>\u201cSenior Rick\u201d<\/strong> for a stumbling romp through the agave fields.  Watch as they break down the flavor profiles of 8 currently-produced <strong>blancos<\/strong> in an effort to find their one true favorite.  Many brands are called but few rise to the task of providing a completely satisfying tahona experience.  After your <strong>Tequila Whisperer<\/strong> <em>DOES<\/em> choose his top 3 <strong>blancos<\/strong> however, it becomes a celebration of the <strong>STONE:<\/strong> and the music, laughter, and general MAYHEM rise accordingly!  Enjoy this massive volcanic episode.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TahonaSpinCrop_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2659\" title=\"TahonaSpinCrop_04\" src=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TahonaSpinCrop_04-e1370027992997.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though<strong> Senior &amp; Lippy<\/strong> were blind tasting, the audience was alerted to which brand was which through a Facebook announcement just before the show began.\u00a0 Those brands and their corresponding glass numbers are listed below:<\/p>\n<p>1.<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/drinksuerte.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suerte<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/drinksuerte.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>2.<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patrontequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patron<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patrontequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>3.<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olmecatequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tezon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olmecatequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>4.<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olmecatequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olmeca Altos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olmecatequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>5.<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eltesorotequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Still-Strength Blanco<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (\u201cTanque\u201d)      from NOM 1139<\/p>\n<p>6.<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eltesorotequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">El Tesoro<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eltesorotequila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>7.<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/tequilasieteleguas.com.mx\/english\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Siete Leguas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/tequilasieteleguas.com.mx\/english\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>8.<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tequilafortaleza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Abuelos<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (Fortaleza)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2664\" title=\"Tahona ground Tequila_03\" src=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_03-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_03-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_03.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2665\" title=\"Tahona ground Tequila_01\" src=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_01-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_01-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_01.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_01.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2666\" title=\"Tahona ground Tequila_02\" src=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_02-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_02-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tahona-ground-Tequila_02.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TahonaEdit 01 from Lippy on Vimeo. EVERYBODY must get STONED! Turn your tequila clock back a hundred years or more and you\u2019d find that all of the distilleries in Mexico were using a giant volcanic grinding stone (the TAHONA) to extract the juice from their cooked agave plants. Fast forward to the present day and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/?p=2658\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tahona-ground blancos- tequila review (episode 110)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-show"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2658"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2670,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658\/revisions\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}