We're waiting to get on the train! [Laughter]
Seriously, how cool is that?
I'm very excited about this.
This is Awesome!
Like seriously so much fun.
So lets see what's gonna happen next.
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I'm super interested to see what's about to happen.
We're waiting to get on the train!
We're waiting to get on the train! [Laughter]
Hey Tangerineys!
Welcome back, I'm Maddie... and I'm Jordan.
And we are Tangerine traveling today on the Herradura Express.
So we got the club car, this is like the true Herradura Experience.
This sells out every single Saturday and we're super excited for it.
Right now we were sitting on a couch here in this particular car, the silver car, there's
also seats that you can have, bar stools with little tables, you can sit right at the bar.
We don't know exactly what's about to happen but I think it's gonna be a lot of fun.
And I think it involves Herradura tequila.
We're moving!
It's 11 a.m, right on departure time.
Orange juice? Please.
So, we just started moving and they've already served Coffee, muffins and orange juice.
[Applause].
[Music] [Applause].
[Cheering while watching the Mexico World Cup game]
Gooooal!
[Laughter].
Mexico! Mexico! Mexico!
So, simultaneously on this Herradura Express, we have Mexico versus South Korea?
Correct.
Mexico vs South Korea, it is 2 to 0, Mexico winning, yeah!
Very cucumbery, fresh.
Mmm, yeah, this is good.
The reason they serve milky drinks, in the first place it has Greek yogurt, cucumber,
lime and a little bit - Herradura Blanco...
Herradura Blanco and a little bit of pepper...
is to prepare your stomach so that you don't get completely, you know,
gonzo after the first drink.
So, I think that's super smart, having a nice piece of Greek yogurt and... good start to
the day. Plus it is so refreshing. This is delicious!
I would totally make this at home.
I never would have thought to put yogurt with tequila but it's good.
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Mmm, now that's a good drink!
So, although we brought our own snacks and water because we weren't sure... it seems like
they provide all this stuff for you, they came around with water bottles, they came
around with muffins.
It seems like as soon as we finish one thing, they're already serving the next thing.
[Music].
We have now moved to the other side of the train, we have here sort of like bar stools
with individual table... anything?
Just deciding, yep.
This is Jordan every time I asked something. [Laughter]
We're in a fight. [Laughter]
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So, I got Ultra and Maddie got seleción. I'm very exited about this!
We are coming to the end of the beginning of our train journey, we'll see what's gonna
happen.
I really don't know, I mean, this is how I live most of my life.
Like I don't know how this works [Laughter].
That's pretty much everyday for us.
Let's see how it goes.
What did you think of the train ride?
Well, it was about two hours which I didn't know how long it was going to be, a little
longer than I expected but it didn't feel like two hours because I was having a lot
of fun the whole time.
There's three different places where we could have sat, each of them had a little bit of
a different vibe.
The sofas seemed to be the most in-demand one, that's the seats that filled up the fastest but
I actually really enjoyed being on... like the bar seats, you could see the landscape
better there.
Yeah there was a far better view out of these giant windows so you could see the scenery
going by the whole way but then when you're sitting at the couches which seemed like more
of like this social area, and then of course at the bar, you pretty much get any
drinks you want right when you want them. Or right after they make the drinks and they're
ready, you get first dibs.
So, I think they - each section had its own benefits and we kind of like moving around
and going to different ones throughout it.
Yeah, that was a lot of fun.
Can't wait for the ride back!
[Laughter] It seems like there was two tours, one in English and one in Spanish, so we were
taken to the English speaking bus, which is where we are now.
Yeah, they seem really accommodating of English and Spanish.
On the train there was - every
announcement they were saying in both languages.
So, let's see what's gonna happen next.
So we're now on the tour part of our journey and there are some parts of this hacienda
that we are not allowed to film because the families are still living here, like the chapel
and the main area that we walked into first but we just passed bottling where they're
showing us that they clean out the bottles and reuse them and again, like we said in
our last video, they try to reuse every part of everything that they're using, so it's
a zero waste facility.
So if you guys are curious of why it's called herradura or why there's a horseshoe as the
logo it is because one of the early original owners found a horseshoe in the agave fields
and he was superstitious, he thought it was good luck. Although what I find especially
interesting is that you might wonder why it's upside down, because usually horseshoes for
good luck are turned the other way and that is because when you turn the bottle upside
down you are putting it right side up which means you are drinking good luck.
So tequila used to be called "Vino de Mezcal" but then it ended up being changed to tequila
and herradura used to have a really long name; "the vagos [ph] of the state of Jalisco".
Instead of saying the long name, they would just ask for the one with the horseshoe, so
then they ended up changing the name to herradura which means horseshoe.
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The cut has to be from below to the top for better control of the coa.
At the end when there's is no leaves anymore, we have to cut in half to get rid of the "Cogollo",
the cogollo is where all the leaves grow even the Quiote, so the bitter ones are more concentrated
in there.
So we're getting to try this raw agave right now.
I'm surprised it's not more sweet.
Hardly has any flavor at all.
Yum!
I love this stuff.
Mmm, it's amazing that the other stuff tasted like raw, plain carrots, and then this is so
sweet.
So in this tour we're not gonna go into so much detail because in our last video with herradura
we went on a full tour of this entire process but what we are going to do is show you any
parts that we didn't experience last time, for instance tasting the raw agave.
We will put a link to our previous video above so you can get more details about the process
of making Herradura Taquila.
For the Casa Herradura tour portion of the day, we would recommend that you bring something
to protect you from the Sun, whether that's a hat or an umbrella, definitely sunscreen
but you don't have to worry about bringing a water bottle or anything because they have
stations all throughout the property where you can grab a glass of water along the way.
So these pipes that transport the agave honey and these juices from the factory, they're
actually above ground so they can spot leaks easier.
Because if it leaks and the pipes were underground, it would contaminate the soil and have a negative
effect on the environment and as we mentioned in the previous video that we made with Herradura,
they are trying to harmonize with the environment to have it zero negative effects on it.
For the fermentation process, they're not actually adding anything.
They have fruit trees, citrus trees planted all over the grounds in order to bring the
microorganisms here that are necessary for this fermentation process and depending on
the weather or depending on the temperature, it may take a few days, it may take a little
longer because it's all depending on the environment and these microorganisms to help the process
to make this Tequila.
Seriously, how cool is that?
We are just here at the distillation process learning some absolutely fascinating things;
one is, she poured tequila in everyone's hands and so this is one way to know if you have
a high quality will distilled tequila.
You rub your hands together and wait for it to evaporate off.
If it's sticky, then you know it's probably not a great tequila, there might be additives
or something like that and then also you put your hands over your nose and smell; does
it have a woody smell or something like that.
It smells so good.
Seriously, it smells sweet like the agave we tasted, so that's how you know it's higher
quality.
The other way is that you can shake the bottle, if there are a lot of bubbles that stay there
for a long time, it probably has these bad forms of alcohol in it still but if you compare
it to something like Herradura Tequila, you shake it and almost all the bubbles go away
immediately.
One of the things I appreciate the most is that they've created a damn near perfect and
enjoyable experience.
And that doesn't mean going overboard with the drinking in order to have fun.
The tequila is just a well paired addition.
And a delicious addition at that.
She was saying that, for this one because it's a cooler temperature when you're drinking
it before, you should swish it around in your mouth so that it can adapt to your body
temperature and then swallow it and try not to make a face. [Laughter]
[Laughter]
That one has some bite to it.
Do you like it? Oh, I like it a lot! [laughter].
My favorite, the Ultra. It's so good!
Right now, they're taking us over to have a 3-course lunch.
It's about halfway through the day right now,
Our tour just finished up and it sounds like
there's a 12-man mariachi band, so we're super excited to see that, we've never seen that before.
If you have any dietary restrictions, be sure to let them know in advance, they said they
can accommodate that.
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[Music].
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they could make allergy-friendly food for
me that didn't have onions and the rest of my allergies,
and it doesn't look or taste like it's any
less delicious than everything else.
This is one of the best meals I've had in Mexico.
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[Cheering]
[Fun, light-hearted music]
Aaaaand we're back on the train!
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They provided us with some snacks.
With some salt to get some electrolytes.
It looks to be jicama with chili salt.
The servers have got to be terrified to go through this section at this point because
any time one of them does, if they cannot slip by without this half of the train
knowing.
[Applause]
[Music]
Before we hop of the train, we want to show you guys an exclusive look at the inside of
each of these awesome cars of the Herradura Express.
There are three packages you can choose from; the first one and most basic is premium.
This is your economy class, it's a little bit more of a budget-friendly option.
Here you still get served tequila like you do in the others but you don't have access
to all the premium tequilas and they have TVs and music and a comfortable seat for you.
And your next option is "Primera Clase" or first-class.
Just like the other two, it also has an individual sound system and TVs, you're also going to
have really comfortable leather seats with a ton of leg room, I think I can stick my
legs all the way out and I wouldn't touch the seat in front of me.
In this when you have personalized service and access to all of the most premium tequilas.
We thought this was like the bulkhead comfortable seats on an airplane but better than that.
Next you have the Club Car and the difference between the first class and the club car is
probably the atmosphere.
In the club car it's more of a social, you can get up and move around, there's different
seats that you can choose, whereas in Primera Clase, it's definitely about comfort and luxury.
One big difference with the club car is that you're going to have premium cocktails,
probably a little bit more personalized service because that is the bar that's serving
both cars. If you choose Primera Clase or Club, you're going to get the preferred seats
At lunch which means you're basically getting somewhat of a front row experience for the
mariachi music and the dancing which we thought was really really cool.
So, after this whole day was done, I truly could not believe how much fun I had.
This was awesome! Like seriously so much fun.
One of my favorite things that we used to do in the US was going to Las Vegas.
I would say if I had to choose one of the two, it'd probably be this.
I didn't know what to expect going into this.
To be honest I thought it was just gonna be sort of a train ride and then you show up
in the town and walk around a little bit and then take the train ride back, but it was so
much more than that.
By the time we were leaving, we're like "okay, when can we do this next?
When do you want to go back again?".
I don't know for sure which one I would do, it would be either the Club or the First
Class, Primera Clase.
Without a doubt I would do this again.
We would highly recommend this.
If you have the opportunity to do it, we would recommend getting first class or club car
if you can pay the little bit extra to get one of those.
And I'm being completely honest when I say this, this was my most favorite thing that
we have ever done in Mexico.
Wowza! What a fun day!
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