How to drink cognac is a very individual matter. But I really want to enlighten you how to drink this noble drink, after all, having laid out a considerable amount for it, you just need to be able to appreciate its taste, without ruining rude snacks.
How to drink cognac?
It is necessary to drink it slowly, in a very calm atmosphere. Cognac does not like noisy, crowded celebrations; it is better to serve it after the second course, before tea or coffee. It is served warmed up to room temperature to 16 ° C in a thin transparent glass having an expanding shape down and a low leg.
The next question is how to drink cognac, or rather than bite it. Best chocolate, in the most extreme case - apples. After a hearty dinner, men often go into a separate room, drink cognac and smoke a cigar. Indeed, a cigar and cognac are a classic combination.
Similar French VS ordinary drinks very often are the basis for creating mixed drinks, successfully combining them with ice cream, cream, milk, lemon and orange juices, etc.
As Fyodor Yevsevsky, a beverage consultant, a representative of the first Russian emigrants advised: “Few know how to drink cognac. Having poured cognac into the glass, you need to touch the other side of the glass. If fingerprints are visible, then you are drinking the highest quality cognac. "
Only in Russia this drink is eaten with lemon. It is said that this custom was established by the Russian Tsar Nicholas I, who taught the courtiers this so that he would not be so strong. Nowhere else in the world do this anymore.
Cognac is considered a drink of the gods, giving the joy of communication and warming with its warm aroma. However, all these epithets concern only the real, true, having the highest quality drink. And how to choose cognac in infinite variety, how to distinguish real?
The generally recognized leaders in the production of cognac are France, whose cognac houses are known throughout the world.
French cognacs are recognized very simply. Selecting a specific brand -
Hennessy, Camus, Martell, Davidoff, Courvoisier, Remy Martin - consider that you are guaranteed to get excellent brandy. Another question is how to choose cognac when you are standing in front of a counter with Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian, Ukrainian or Moldavian cognacs. In this case, it is necessary to measure seven times in order not to acquire, say, a well-known Armenian cognac made in Moldova, or even worse, a French drink made in Azerbaijan. And it happens worse - instead of brandy, you can easily buy fake from alcohol tinctures of tea or walnutshells. If you couldn’t determine the truth of the cognac by the label, rather by the barcode, then try to do this at least by eye. If a liquid in a glass after turning around its axis flows down on the inside for 5 seconds, then cognac is five years old, and so on. But you have to determine the taste yourself.
Bacardi rum is very popular not only because of its taste, but also its symbolism - the red circle in which the bat is enclosed.
Fans of this popular drink use it in its pure form, make different cocktails from it. But not many can boast that they know how to drink Bacardi. After all, Bacardi Black and Bacardi Gold drink differently.
So, Bacardi Gold, aged for at least two years, has a pleasant mild taste. They drink it clean with ice, although gourmets will appreciate it with juice or cola. Bartenders love to make cocktails based on it, decorating them in the style of Caribbean drinks.
Bacardi Black, which has a dark color, is also used both in cocktails and in pure form. In addition to it, lemon or some other citrus fruit is served. In general, all varieties of Bacardi rum are mild in taste.