Tequila Test Kitchen You may have heard about the Tequila Aficionado Test Kitchen. I’d like to share one of our projects with you today. When Ken Austin was kind enough to send us a bottle of Avion’s brand new Avion Espresso, I fell so deeply in love with this rich nectar that combined my two … Read more
Great recipes for tequila cocktails, cooking with tequila, and pairing with tequila are always welcome here at Tequila Aficionado. We’ll share them with our readers in our articles and on our Pinterest boards. Click on any of the images below to explore our Pinterest Recipe Boards: [Tweet “Great recipes for tequila cocktails, cooking with tequila, … Read more
*FTC Disclosure: Brands appearing on the Tequila Aficionado Dia de Los Muertos & Heartland Tour had to be vetted as Brand of Promise Nominees and paid a nominal fee to be on the tour. [Tweet “Meet the lady who single-handedly regained Tequila 1921’s traction in 34 states.”] Building Casa 1921 One of the more prized … Read more
The Tequila Test Kitchen is Always Open We do a lot more cooking with tequila than we actually let on and it seems we should be sharing a lot more of our recipes with you. A few brands, like De La Tierre Maple Cinnamon Tequila and Diva Tequila, have opted in to our Tequila Test … Read more
Tequila Test Kitchen After judging some stupendous Suerte Tequila Truffles by Piece, Love & Chocolate for the 2014 Brands of Promise Awards, I decided to take truffles to the Tequila Test Kitchen. The people at De La Tierre Maple Cinnamon Tequila were kind enough to provide us with samples for experimenting, so I made a variation … Read more
Peligroso Cinnamon is back! I can’t tell you how happy I am to see Peligroso Cinnamon out and about again since its move to Diageo. We received a sample of the previous infusion (before the Diageo buy out and distillery move) and it was a huge hit with us. In fact, we awarded it a … Read more
Tequila Test Kitchen We’ve been pretty busy in the Tequila Aficionado Test Kitchen over the past year. Because we aren’t afraid to splash a little tequila into our food, we’ve got a great collection of recipes you might want to try as gifts for tequila loving friends & family or perhaps you’d like to wow … Read more
Tequila Test Kitchen After judging some stupendous Suerte Tequila Truffles by Piece, Love & Chocolate for the 2014 Brands of Promise Awards, I decided to take truffles to the Tequila Test Kitchen. Since the folks at Diva Tequila were kind enough to provide us with a sample for experimenting, I decided to create Diva Tequila … Read more
Maple Tequila…and a cake? What? De La Tierre Canadian Maple Tequila. You might not think that maple and tequila go together. After all, it’s a strange mix of Canada and Mexico, right? Well, as it happens, they do go together delightfully. Read my review of this unlikely pairing here. This product goes by different names … Read more
JLP Golden Lime Margarita (NOM 1416) Hands down, the best ready-to-drink margarita on the market today! When Javier Martinez sent us samples of his JLP Tequila ready-to-drink margarita in a can, we really weren’t sure what to expect. Before I learned about sipping tequilas, I was a margarita girl. I’ve tried every ready-mixed margarita I … Read more