Unconventional Drinks Made With Tequila By Brady Bunte

When most drinkers hear the word tequila, the first thoughts that enter their minds are shots and margaritas. These are the two main ways by which drinkers enjoy this distinctly Mexican drink.  However, just as with many other alcoholic drinks, there are many other ways one can enjoy quality tequila. Brady Bunte recommends that when adding tequila to drink recipes, a person should only ever use 100% agave and not mixtos. Here are a few of Brady Bunte’s top cocktail recipe recommendations.

Veracruzana

Ingredients:

2 parts Tres Sietes Reposado

3/4 part Agave Nectar

1 part Fresh Lime Juice

4 Pineapple Chunks

2 Basil Leaves

Pour the pineapple chunks and basil leaves in a shaker and mix together. Add the remaining ingredients with some ice and shake vigorously. Strain the result into a glass, add more ice cubes and garnish with a piece of pineapple and basil. Brady Bunte recommends this delicious cocktail for summer days when you are looking for something refreshing to drink.

Cherry Smash

Ingredients:

1 part Tres Sietes Silver

1/3 part Orange Liqueur

1/4 part Agave Nectar

2/3 part Fresh Lime Juice

1.5 parts Club Soda

8 Bing Cherries

Pour the tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and club soda into a cocktail shaker. Crush the cherries with the back of a spoon and add alongside some ice cubes to the shaker. Shake well and strain into glasses. Garnish with a single cherry and serve. Brady Bunte advises that for an extra kick, brandying the cherries is a good idea. Do this the day before by mixing them with cherry brandy and some sugar. Brady Bunte urges leaving them in a bowl at room temperature until you are ready to use.  If not using the next day, store in the refrigerator for no more than 2 weeks.

Chocolate Congelado

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Tres Sietes Anejo

1 oz. Mexican Bitter Chocolate Paste

2 splashes Xocolatl Bitters

1.5 oz. Heavy Cream

Pour the tequila, chocolate paste and Xocolatl bitters into a cocktail shaker topped off with ice cubes. Shake vigorously and strain over ice into a chilled coupe glass.  Next, pour the heavy cream and ice cubes into another shaker. Shake as hard as you can to create a bubbly mixture. Carefully pour this over your cocktail with the help of a bar spoon. Garnish with a dash of nutmeg and a cinnamon stick. Brady Bunte recommends this cocktail for those who enjoy a good chocolate fix and want to try something unusual.

Sangre Maria

Ingredients:

2 oz. Tres Sietes Silver

2 oz. Tomato Juice

1 oz. Lemon Juice

0.5 oz Orange Juice

0.5 oz. Pickle Juice

0.5 oz. Red Wine

Bar spoonful of horseradish

4 splashes of Tabasco Sauce

0.5 oz. of Worcestershire Sauce

Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and stir well. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice cubes. Garnish with cayenne salted pickle and a lemon wedge. This is a great alternative for those that enjoy the fiery taste of the Bloody Mary. Brady Bunte suggests simplifying the recipe by substituting all other juices for tomato juice only. Those who find the drink too hot may prefer less Tabasco sauce and horseradish being added.

La Paloma

Ingredients:

2 oz. Tres Sietes Silver or Tres Sietes Reposado

6 oz. Fresh Grapefruit soda

0.5 oz. Lime Juice

Place a few ice cubes in a Collins glass and pour in the tequila and lime juice. Top off with the grapefruit soda. Garnish with a cherry and lemon slice. This refreshing tequila cocktail is very simple to make at home. For the health conscious, Brady Bunte advises using grapefruit juice rather than soda.

These are just a few of a growing number of interesting tequila cocktails fans of the Mexican drink can try. As a connoisseur of Tequila drinks, Brady Bunte encourages people to experiment in ways that help bring out the flavor and aroma of these ingredients.

2015 Shortage of Agave by Brady Bunte

2015 Shortage of Agave by Brady Bunte

It is not good news for tequila lovers as industry projections indicate a sharp increase in the cost of production of the much beloved Mexican beverage over the next few years. Brady Bunte, a tequila expert and maker, expects this increase in production costs to mainly affect small and medium sized manufacturers.

Tequila’s main raw material is the agave plant that is predominantly grown in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, and the Jalisco State in Mexico.  It is as a result of expected shortfalls in the harvesting of this plant that will cause problems for smaller manufacturers. Brady Bunte does not expect large manufacturers to be adversely affected as they usually enter into contracts with growers that guarantee them harvests over predetermined periods at set rates.

According to Brady Bunte, industry experts have predicted that the price of agave will more than double within the next 4 years. Large distilleries that rely on this plant will likely have enough supplies of the raw material for their product during this period, at guaranteed prices well below the open market rates. Brady Bunte expects that their easier access to capital will also likely give them the ability to find ways to expand their current operations and make production more efficient, without it drastically affecting retail prices. The agave plant takes about 7-10 years to mature, and it is this growth that larger companies invest in, having secured about 80% of the national harvest.

Not much hope is being held out for smaller enterprises that may be unable to cope with these rising costs. Brady Bunte knows that with rising production costs, it can be expected that smaller outfits will need to increase their wholesale and retail prices for clients. This can however mean the death knell for their business as buyers are unlikely to choose their products over more lowly priced brands from large distilleries.  

These reports are even more worrying for small and medium sized enterprises as the demand of tequila continues to grow globally. With increased demand as more people try out the drink, Brady Bunte foresees more buyers will opt for the most well known affordable brands.

The shortfall problem that is expected to become more clearly visible in 2015 has been linked to the historical fluctuations in demand for the agave plant. During the 1990s and 2000s, there was a steady increase in the demand of the plant from tequila manufacturers. At some point in the mid 2000s however, growers overestimated the expected demand and planted too much crop. The resulting flood of stocks into the market during the early 2010s caused agave prices to dip, and many growers to cut back drastically on their production.

With fewer agave plants expected to mature during the 2015-2018 period, small and medium sized manufacturers are expected to start scrambling for raw materials. 2015 is expected to mark the beginning of steep price increases in the value of agave, with supply unlikely to match demand. After consultation with other industry experts, Brady Bunte anticipates the supply to be roughly 40% less than what was on offer in 2013.

A growing export market, in which China has only recently joined, means that most tequila distilleries will be operating at full capacity. With smaller distilleries likely to suffer the most as from 2015, Brady Bunte expects that larger distilleries may acquire their operations to expand their own output.

Brady Bunte does however note that with agave plant growers eyeing higher prices, even larger distilleries may be forced to increase their retail prices marginally to continue earning the goodwill of suppliers, while remaining profitable. This means that buyers should expect the price of tequila to go up somewhat, even with larger brands.

For more information about the company visit: http://www.tressietes.com/

Contact:

Tres Sietes

Brady Bunte

President/ CEO

Tres Sietes 15235 ALTON PKWY, IRVINE, CA, 92618

Brady@Tressietes.com

http://www.tressietes.com/

http://bradybunte.com/

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER DIAMOND CREATION POTENTIAL IN TEQUILA by Brady Bunte

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER DIAMOND CREATION POTENTIAL IN TEQUILA

by Brady Bunte

Mexico City, Mexico, December 10,2014 - Scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Nuevo León´s Autonomous University have recently released findings that indicate the capacity to create thin and uniform diamond films using tequila. According to lead researchers Javier Morales, Luis Miguel Apatiga and Victor Manuel Castano, these findings are expected to result in big benefits for industries seeking an inexpensive source of diamond films for commercial applications.

“To dissipate any doubts, one morning on the way to the lab I bought a pocket-size bottle of cheap white tequila and we did some tests… There is no doubt; tequila has the exact proportion of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms necessary to form diamonds,” said researcher Apatiga.

Using a technique called ‘The Pulsed Liquid Injection Chemical Vapor Deposition (PLICVD)’, the scientists were able to prove that tequila lies within the Diamond Growth Region, and can be used to grow thin diamond films at low cost for commercial purposes.

Diamonds are a highly expensive commodity for manufacturing industries. They are very costly to buy from mining companies and sometimes carry the risk of contributing to the blood diamond problem. Artificially produced diamonds are therefore considered the best option by manufacturers in need of a material with diamonds’ unique properties. It is hoped that this discovery will lead to an inexpensive route to utilizing it in commercial production of such items as high power semiconductors, optical electronic devices and abrasives.

More research is still being carried out to discover the full extent to which tequila can be used to produce diamonds, including how the addition of certain impurities to the process can vary the type of diamonds being created.  

Brady Bunte, the CEO of premium Tequila brand, Tres Sietes, is expecting that within the next few years, more companies may manufacture diamonds using this process.

About Tequila

Tequila is an alcoholic beverage exclusively produced in limited regions within Mexico. This primary raw material in its production is the agave plant that can take up to 8-10 years to mature. There are two main varieties of tequila in the market, the 100% agave tequila and mixtos. Mixtos contain 51% agave and additional sugars and flavoring. 100% agave tequila is further classified according to how long it has been aged and the addition of flavors.

About Tres Sietes Company

Founded in 2006 by Brady Bunte, Tres Sietes Tequila  is made in their own facility where they make their tequila "from field to glass." The company combines distillation techniques from Spain with Mexican tradition. It is produced at Fabrica Tres Sietes and "Tequila Guru" Francisco Gonzalez, who oversees the state-of-the-art technology that steams the agave through a diffuser rather than bake it in the oven.

The name purportedly represents celestial perfection on three levels of manifestation: matter, astral, and spirit. According to mass amounts of literature, the number seven has deep spiritual significance. This significance is applied to the cultivation and distillation process of Tres Sietes Tequila.

The “matter” is the soil and cultivation traditions, the “astral” is the conditions of weather and the alchemy that create the purity that rest within the “spirit”, which is the final result of Tres Sietes Tequila.

For more information about the company visit: http://www.tressietes.com/

Contact:

Tres Sietes

Brady Bunte

President/ CEO

Tres Sietes 15235 ALTON PKWY, IRVINE, CA, 92618

Brady@Tressietes.com

http://www.tressietes.com/

http://bradybunte.com/