Tequila vs. Vodka
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What is Tequila?
Tequila is the name of distilled beverage and the name of a particular drink. It is made from the special desert plant called blue agave that is mostly found in the city of Tequila and for the same reason this drink is named as Tequila. To much extent, its flavor is just like the flavor of mezcal but modern day Tequila that contains more ingredients in different ratio used only regionally produced blue agave that’s why offers unique taste as compared to the mezcal. In various regions of the world, it is served in different methods. In Mexico, it is served in neat form only while in the rest part of the word it is served with salt and lime. According to Mexican laws, it is not allowed to be produced in other countries, and the few Mexican companies govern its production. That’s why it is treated as Mexican product and is its protection is protected through NAFTA in the United States and Canada. What makes Tequila different from other distilled beverages is that its fermentation process does not involve human interfere at all.
What is Vodka?
Vodka is a king of distilled beverage made of ethanol and water and also contains some impurities and other artificial flavors as well. In most of the world, it is made of the potatoes or another kind of cereal grains that have been fermented properly in order. Most of the modern Vodka brands of today use several other ingredients in the shape of sugar or fruits as well. In most of the world, it is traditionally taken in neat form and is not mixed with ice, water or any other mixture. In some areas in this often served as chilled beverages and used in cocktails and even with other mixed drinks like a vodka tonic, vodka martini, or black and white Russian drinks. Most of the vodkas are found unflavored and but now flavored vodkas are being produced as well in the traditional drinking areas. For flavoring purpose, fruit flavors, red peppers, ginger, chocolate and some other sweetener are used. In most of the countries, it is flavored with honey and pepper, and in some countries, bison grass is added to produce zubrovka and zubrowka vodka.
