Mu 2006, ndinali ndi mwayi woyendera dziko la Tequila ndi Tequila Regulatory Council . Pa sitima imodzi ya basi, tinauzidwa nthano za momwe tequila inakhalira monga mwa a Nahuatl (omwe amadziwika kuti Aztec). Nkhaniyi ili mmunsiyi ikufotokozera nkhaniyi monga ndinamva kuchokera kwa Brenda Martinez wa Tequila Regulatory Council.
Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti, monga nthano zambiri zimapita, pali nthano zambiri, izi ndi chimodzi mwa izo.
Tanthauzo la Aztec la Plant Agave ndi Tequila
Aaztec ankakhulupirira kuti pamene dziko lapansi lidayambira panali mulungu wamkazi mlengalenga. Ankatchedwa Tzintzimitl koma adali mulungu woipa ndipo adawunikira. Iye anali ndi dziko lapansi mu mdima ndipo anakakamiza mbadwa kuti azipereka nsembe zaumulungu kuti aziwapatsa kuwala pang'ono.
Tsiku lina Quetzalcoatl, 'Serpent Feathered', anali atatopa ndi mankhwalawa ndipo anasankha kuchita chinachake.
Quetzalcoatl ankakhulupirira mwaulemu kotero iye anakwera kupita kumwamba kukamenyana ndi mulungu wamkazi Tzintzimitl ndipo anayamba kumufunafuna. Iye sanapeze mulungu wamkazi koma adamupeza mdzukulu wake, Mayahuel, yemwe adagwidwa ndi mulungu wamkazi woipa. Mayahuel ndi mulungu wamkazi wobereka, nthawi zambiri amawonetsedwa ngati mulungu wamkazi ali ndi mabere mazana anayi.
Atapeza Mayahuel, adamukonda kwambiri. Mmalo mwa kupha mulungu wamkazi woipa, iye anabweretsa Mayahuel pansi kuti akakhale naye.
Pamene mulungu wamkazi woipa adapeza, adakwiya kwambiri ndipo anayamba kuwafunafuna. Kotero iwo anakakamizidwa kuti athamange kuchoka ku malo kupita ku chimzake kukabisala kwa iye. Tsiku lina iwo adaganiza kuti chifukwa palibe malo oti abisala adzakhala mitengo. Panali mitengo iwiri, imodzi pambali pambali inayo kuti pakhale mphepo masamba awo amatha kukondana.
Iwo ankakhala monga choncho, koma mulungu wamkazi woipa ankapitiriza kufufuza ndipo anatumiza nyenyezi zake zowala ndipo potsiriza anazipeza. Mkazi wamkazi woipa adatsika ndipo panali nkhondo yaikulu yomwe Amayahuel anaphedwa. Atazindikira kuti, Quetzalcoatl anali wamisala kwambiri ndipo ndithudi anali ndichisoni kwambiri. Kotero iye anaika maliro a wokondedwa wake kenako ananyamuka kupita kumwamba ndikupha mulungu wamkazi woipa.
Choncho kuwala kunabwerera padziko lapansi koma Quetzalcoatl anataya wokondedwa wake. Usiku uliwonse iye amapita kumanda ake ndi kulira ndi kulira.
Milungu ina inaona izi ndikuganiza kuti iyenera kumuchitira kanthu. Chomera chinayamba kukula pa malo a manda ndipo milunguyi inapereka katundu wapadera ku chomera chimenecho. Anapatsa zinthu zing'onozing'ono zomwe zimalimbikitsa moyo wa Quetzalcoatl. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo amatha kumwa zakumwa zomwe zimachokera ku chomeracho ndikukhala ndi chitonthozo.
Umu ndi momwe a Nahuatl ankakhulupirira kuti chomera chagave chinakhalapo ndipo anapatsidwa katundu omwe timapeza tsopano mu tequila kuti atonthoze mtima wa iwo amene ataya mtima wokondedwa wawo.