I hear you about the mixing. We fell in love with Cazadores years ago. And we love to make margaritas with it, we usually drink it straight, either the reposado or the anejo. The tequila that we most often use for mixing is actually Zapopan. We get it at our local liquor store, it is okay not great by itself, it is almost always on sale, but it is a good value and make a good margarita. But the Cabrito (when you compare price on a 750 mL basis) is not that much more but makes a superior margarita. So, thanks you you, I think we found our new mixer.
That's like taking a great single malt scotch and mixing it with Dr. Pepper.
Ha! I know what you are saying. And speaking of scotch, as much as I love tequila, I love scotch even more. If you are a scotch drinker, I would love to compare tasting notes!
Speaking of smoothness and vanilla, that is the reason why we started to get into tequila, when we started drinking some really good reposados. It is so interesting to see how much just 12 months of aging makes a difference in a tequila. The agave distillate is just so responsive to aging in wood barrels, combined with its intrinsic flavor, it is just an awesome beverage.
Yeah, mescal....I have only tried a couple, but I am not a fan. Sour tennis shoes, that's good
Coffee roasting!! Man, that is great. We used to roast our own coffee. We were pretty hard core about it several years ago. We would buy beans from sweetmarias.com back in the late 90s, and 2000s. Our favorites used to be Ethiopian, Sumatran and Costa Rican. Our love for coffee started because my wife and I worked at the same local coffee shop in college in the early 90s. It was great, custom roasted coffee, La Pavoni espresso machines, we made so really exceptional coffee there. So our coffee love really started from them. We don't roast anymore, but I still love coffee. I just wish I could grow it here
I would love to give from plant to cup a shot.