https://kvalifood.com/tags/tequila/ Recent content in Tequila on Kvalifood Hugo en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kvalifood.com/wiki/distilled-spirits/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://kvalifood.com/wiki/distilled-spirits/ <h1 id="distilled-spirits">Distilled Spirits</h1> <img src="https://kvalifood.com/wiki/distilled-spirits/distilled-spirits_hu_7f8e778cde2a4a72.webp" alt="" loading="lazy"> <p>Distilled spirits are the concentrated essence of <a href="https://kvalifood.com/wiki/wine/">wine</a> and <a href="https://kvalifood.com/wiki/beer-brewing/">beer</a> — products of the simple principle that <a href="https://kvalifood.com/wiki/alcohol-science/">alcohol</a> (boiling point 173°F/78°C) vaporizes before water (212°F/100°C). Heating a fermented liquid sends alcohol-rich, aroma-laden vapor off preferentially; cooling and condensing that vapor produces a liquid far more potent than the original. The result is not just stronger drink but some of the most intensely flavorful foods humans produce.</p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Mesopotamians were concentrating essential plant oils by distillation over 5,000 years ago. Chinese alchemists may have distilled concentrated alcohol ~2,000 years ago, with commercial production by the 13th century. In Europe, significant quantities appeared in Salerno, Italy (~1100) at its medical school. The Catalan scholar Arnaud of Villanova (~1300) dubbed it <em>aqua vitae</em> — &ldquo;water of life&rdquo; — a term that survives in Scandinavian aquavit, French eau de vie, and the Gaelic <em>uisge beatha</em> that became &ldquo;whisky.&rdquo;</p>