Today I learned +

[DrunkonDuty]

TIL all tequlia is mezcal, bit not all mezcal is tequila.

 

[Bohandas]

Yes, it has to be made out of blue agave specifically.

There's also some nonsense about leylines or whatever in the strictest definitions, but that part can be safely ignored

 

[MoonSong]

Yes, it has to be made out of blue agave specifically.

There's also some nonsense about leylines or whatever in the strictest definitions, but that part can be safely ignored

It is a regulated name, there are strict rules for which drinks can use the name. It has to be made from an speciffic kind of blue agave and in an speciffic region using speciffic methods. Without fulfilling all requisites, the drink is just mezcal. Or it would be provided it fulfills the requisites for being a mezcal, because mezcal itself has rules to be able to use the name.

It has gotten very costly recently. Mostly because everybody somewhat famous and their dog wants a tequila or mezcal brand of their own. So many small producers are just calling their drink "destilado de agave" and calling it a day.

 

[overgeeked]

It is a regulated name, there are strict rules for which drinks can use the name. It has to be made from an speciffic kind of blue agave and in an speciffic region using speciffic methods. Without fulfilling all requisites, the drink is just mezcal. Or it would be provided it fulfills the requisites for being a mezcal, because mezcal itself has rules to be able to use the name.

It has gotten very costly recently. Mostly because everybody somewhat famous and their dog wants a tequila or mezcal brand of their own. So many small producers are just calling their drink "destilado de agave" and calling it a day.

You’re not wrong, but it’s a whole lot deeper than that.

 

[Ryujin]

It is a regulated name, there are strict rules for which drinks can use the name. It has to be made from an speciffic kind of blue agave and in an speciffic region using speciffic methods. Without fulfilling all requisites, the drink is just mezcal. Or it would be provided it fulfills the requisites for being a mezcal, because mezcal itself has rules to be able to use the name.

It has gotten very costly recently. Mostly because everybody somewhat famous and their dog wants a tequila or mezcal brand of their own. So many small producers are just calling their drink "destilado de agave" and calling it a day.

Definite, "... otherwise it's just 'sparkling mescal'" vibes here.

 

[Bohandas]

It is a regulated name, there are strict rules for which drinks can use the name. It has to be made from an speciffic kind of blue agave and in an speciffic region using speciffic methods. Without fulfilling all requisites, the drink is just mezcal. Or it would be provided it fulfills the requisites for being a mezcal, because mezcal itself has rules to be able to use the name.

ie. nonsense. Not specifically about ley lines per se, that was me being facetious, but definitely born out of a close relative of leyline nonsense and a general belief in special locations with magical properties

It's like the difference between "band aids" and "adhesive bandages" - there is none - but with the distinction that "bandaid" is slightly less genericized than "tequila"*

There's a legal distinction even though they are actually the same thing

*(edit: and the fact thay "band aid"/"adhesive bandage" thing is relatively honest and openly understood to just be different names for the same thing, whereas protected appekations like the "tequila"/"mezcal" thing seems a lot more like a scam to trick the customer into thinking that mezcal is a different product than tequila, (or that traditional method sparkling wine is a different product from champagne, or whatever. etc etc etc))

 

[Alzrius]

Today I learned that ruby red grapefruits are the product of atomic gardening.

 

[MoonSong]

Today I learned that ruby red grapefruits are the product of atomic gardening.

what the... really? are these things safe to be planted next to other cultivars let alone be eaten? I mean there was an incident in my country involving cobalt-60 a long time ago, that contaminated tons of steel that became unusable and it was just from a single Rx machine.

 

[Bohandas]

what the... really? are these things safe to be planted next to other cultivars let alone be eaten? I mean there was an incident in my country involving cobalt-60 a long time ago, that contaminated tons of steel that became unusable and it was just from a single Rx machine.

The amount of material actually from the irradiated seed would be negligible, especially generations down the line

 

[Maxperson]

Today I learned that the California DMV does not have the kiosk I need to pay my registration and get my sticker, but the Vons grocery store a few miles away does.