HiTimeBlog: Karma Tequila

A blend of 80% double and 20% triple distilled tequila, Karma is smooth, clean, delicate, and aromatic.

Karma produces:

Silver - Unaged. Bottled immediately following distillation.

Reposado - Aged the maximum… 364 days in American white oak bourbon barrels.

Añejo - Aged nearly the maximum… 2 years 11 months in American white oak barrels.

Extra Añejo - Already aged more than 4 years with likely a couple more to go.

It's all the little things…

Born out of a family distillery established in 1937 in the highlands of Jalisco, considered the Napa Valley of Mexico, the land surrounding Atotonilco el Alto is fertile and the climate is perfect for growing the Blue Weber Agave… the plant which defines tequila.

The Blue Weber Agave takes from 7 to 12 years to mature. Karma harvests only the finest plants which assures they meet their minimum 28%+ sugar standards. This helps ensure ultimate sweetness as well as batch-to-batch flavor consistency, further ensuring bottle-to-bottle consistency. Piñas, the heart of the agave plant, are slowly cooked in brick ovens for 24 hours which carmelizes them and then they are rested (cooled down) for an additional 24 hours before being run through multiple pressing mills to extract sugar from the fibers of the agave plant.

Following distillation, the product at the top and bottom of the still, the “heads and tails,” are removed which further ensures ultimate sweetness. Karma is an all-natural product with only three ingredients: blue weber agave, proprietary yeast and pure water. Karma is THE ONLY tequila produced which is a blend of both double and tripled distilled batches… triple distilled being much smoother than double. The 80/20 blend (double/triple) hits that magic sweet spot of smoothness and flavor. It is smoother than any double and more flavorful than any triple. We encourage you to do your own taste test…. after which you’ll understand why Karma is so good.

Winner of multiple awards:
L.A. Times (Spirit of the Times), Santa Barbara Tequila Harvest Festival, The Fifty Best, Los Angeles International Spirits Competition, SIP Awards, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Beverly Hills World Spirits Competition

Check out the Karma Tequila website for some of the finest tequila cocktails ever!

www.karmatequila.com

Consejo Regulador del Tequila – CRT
Tequila Regulatory Council, Jalisco, Mexico
Percent Agave sugar and Aging requirements:

Classification	% Agave	Aged
Gold	51%, 49% other sugar	Typically none (color comes from food coloring)
Silver	100%	Up to 60 days (typically not aged)
Reposado	100%	Minimum 60 days up to 1 year
Añejo	100%	Minimum 1 year up to 3 years
Extra Anejo	100%	Minimum 3 years and up

The tequila industry’s governing body is the CRT. Above is a chart, which specifies the aging requirements prescribed by the CRT. Karma Reposado is aged 364 days… the maximum allowed… one more day in the barrel and the CRT would require it be classified as añejo. Karma Añejo is aged 2 years, 11 months….nearly the maximum allowed for its class.

The Coa is the tool used to harvest the Agave...