Cognac is a strong alcoholic drink of amber-golden color with a complex aroma with hints of vanilla and a mild, harmonious taste. You can appreciate and feel all the advantages of a skate only if you know how to drink this drink correctly.
Instructions
Step 1
Open the bottle 20-30 minutes before drinking so that the aroma of cognac spreads throughout the room. Do not refrigerate this drink, its temperature should be slightly above room temperature.
Step 2
It is customary to drink cognac from special cognac glasses - sniffs. They have the shape of a pot-bellied glass on a leg, sharply tapering towards the top. Snifters come in 70 and 250-400 grams.
Step 3
Pour about 1/8 of the glass's capacity and hold it so that the foot is between the middle and ring fingers, and the bottom is in the palm of your hand.
Step 4
After pouring the drink into the glass, place your finger on the outside of the glass. If a fingerprint remains on the other side, it means that you are holding a high quality cognac in your hands. Rotate the glass around its own axis. If traces of the flowing drink on its inner walls are visible within 5 seconds, you are dealing with cognac of 5-8 years of aging, if 15 seconds - cognac is about 20 years old. In a 50-year-old cognac, these traces differ within 17-18 seconds.
Step 5
Bring the glass to your lips, but do not drink, inhale the aroma first. There are 3 "waves" of cognac aromas. The first "wave" - light vanilla tones - can be caught at a distance of 5 centimeters from the edge of the glass. The second "wave" - floral and fruity aromas - can be felt directly at the edge of the glass. And the third "wave" is the smells of "aging". To feel them, you must have a developed sense of smell.
Step 6
After enjoying the aroma of the drink, taste it in small sips, feeling how it spreads in your mouth, revealing its unique bouquet.
Step 7
It is not customary to eat cognac, especially lemon, it is able to kill the smell and taste of this drink. Better put a small piece of chocolate under your tongue, and as soon as it starts to melt, drink the cognac.
Step 8
Young cognac is allowed to be drunk on ice, its taste will not be affected by this, but the older drink is better to use in its pure form.
Step 9
There is a national rule of three "Cs" (Cafe, Cognac, Cigare) for the use of cognac: first drink coffee, then cognac and then smoke a cigar.
Step 10
Drink cognac slowly, in a modest atmosphere, in a circle of loved ones. As a rule, it is consumed after a meal. You cannot feel the taste and bouquet of cognac if you drink it with a meal.
