About this Event
What to expect?
✨ Great high-quality Tequilas
👃 Blind tasting & sensory challenges
💡 Complex topics, made simple - I promise
🏷️ Learn to read the label and see beyond marketing
🔎 An honest look at production practices, quality, fair trade, controversies, cost, and value
🪇 Mexican culture insights
🥂 Tasty bites during the whole tasting
📖 Tasting tools and vocabulary (PDF) that you can take home!
Meet Your Host
Originally from Mexico and now based in Leipzig, she is a former Tequila Brand Ambassador and current mixologist and bartender.
What you’ll learn
- The Tequila production process – From agave to the finished spirit
- Designation of Origin – Why is Tequila a protected category?
- Agave cultivation & harvesting – What happens before the distillery?
- Cooking - Fermentation - Distillation– How these stages influence the final spirit
- Tequila vs. Mezcal – Similar roots, very different spirits
- Aging – How wood and time affect the color, taste, and body of the Tequila
- Tequila categories – Blanco, Reposado, Añejo and beyond
- How to read a Tequila label – And what the information really tells you
- The culture around Tequila – Traditions with Tequila in the Mexican culture
- Most importantly, you’ll leave with practical tasting tools and vocabulary that you can actually use—whether you’re ordering at a bar, choosing a bottle, or simply talking about Tequila with friends.
Independent. Educational. Interactive. This is not a brand promotion or sales presentation.
The tasting is designed to explore the Tequila category as a whole. Different producers make different choices throughout the process, and we’ll look at how those choices can shape the final spirit.
Who is this for?
🍸 Spirits & cocktail aficionados who want to understand the foundations behind their drinks
🪇 Mexico lovers interested in the culture behind Tequila
🤔 Curious beginners who simply want to learn something new and have a great afternoon
Discover why you like what you like.
Come curious. Taste boldly. Leave knowing more.
Event venue & nearby stays
Nepomuk, Zschochersche Straße 57, Leipzig, Germany
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