特斯拉将这款龙舌兰酒描述为独家、小批量优质酒,100%采用龙舌兰酿造,在法国橡木桶中陈酿15个月,灌入手工吹制的玻璃瓶中,散发干果和淡淡香草味,还有恰到好处的肉桂胡椒味。其代工厂为一个名叫“Nosotros”的龙舌兰品牌——但是,Nosotros自己的陈年龙舌兰一瓶才卖50多美元。而装入特斯拉闪电形状的玻璃酒瓶后,这瓶容量为750毫升的龙舌兰酒,售价就提升了5倍,高达250美元(约合人民币1657元),比一瓶飞天茅台的官方价格还要高。

据了解,这款龙舌兰酒将在2020年末开始交付,目前仅在美国地区出售,购买者必须年满21岁,并且被限购两瓶。尽管限购,但特斯拉新龙舌兰酒的火爆程度超出了预期。上架后几小时,这款酒就销售一空。更疯狂的是,其空瓶竟然在二手交易网站eBay上卖出美元的天价。

无独有偶,北京时间11月19日,根据美媒lakersdaily报道,詹姆斯、浓眉哥和德雷蒙德·格林联手了,他们不是在球场联手,而是联合投资了一家名为Lobos 1707的龙舌兰酒公司。“我第一次品尝到Lobos 1707龙舌蘭覺得很特別。当我進一步了解品牌故事和領導團隊,我知道我想成為其中的一員。我喜歡與朋友一起喝龍竹蘭,我希望有一個我們可以交流的地方。”這位球星如是說。

這樣一個令老外心心念念的大自然佳釀到底是一種神秘之物?!!龍竹蘭……好像魯迅先生曾經提到過?北京的白菜運往浙江,便用紅頭繩系住菜根,用水果店頭倒掛而尊為“膠菜”;福建野生著芦荟,一到北京就請進溫室,並且美其名曰“龍竹蘭”。——《藤野先生》 所以說,這不就是芦荟汁做的嗎?實際上事情也沒那麼簡單。

把這種神秘飲品稱為龍竹蘭酒,不僅僅是因為聽起來好聽,而且也是為了避免誤會。雖然龍竹蘭所用的植物與芦荟相同,但是它們並不是同一种。而內地通常用來觀賞或敷臉的是翠葉芦荟的一種變種—that is, the agave plant. It's a type of succulent native to Mexico and Central America. The blue agave, in particular, is the one used to make tequila.

The process of making tequila from the blue agave is quite labor-intensive. First, the leaves are removed from the plant and it's left with this big ol' bulb inside called a piña (which looks like a pineapple but tastes nothing like it). This bulb can weigh up to 150 pounds! It's then cooked for several hours until it softens up enough that it can be pressed into juice.

That juice is then fermented with yeast for about three days before being distilled twice in copper stills. The first distillation removes any impurities while the second one concentrates the alcohol content. The final product has an alcohol content of around 40-50%.

Now we have our basic tequila recipe: mix some water with that concentrated liquor and you've got yourself a drink! But wait there's more - different brands will age their tequilas in oak barrels for varying amounts of time to give them unique flavors.

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