Kinina
Landareekin egindako alkoholdun edarien bolada hemen da. Neure inguruan behintzat puri-purian, ur gaineko bitsetan dabiltza. Esentzia artifizialekin egindako sagar-, udare-, mertxika-likore eta antzekoak, batetik. Eta naturalak bestetik. Azken horien artean erregina gina. Hobe esanda, gin tonica. Koktel horren historiaz edo tonika xelebreren baten gorabeherarik edo honako edo halako ginebraren bitxikeriarik ez baldin badakizu mozoloaren pare azalduko zara koadrilan. Ez dakit zer gaitzi aurre egiteko gin tonica ingelesek asmatu zutela entzuteaz asper-asper eginda nago; egia den ala ez berdin du. Boladakoak gogaitzen nau. Zahardadea ote?
Bermutak bezala tonikak kinina du, zuhaitz baten azaletik sortzen den alkaloide indartsua. Kininak osasungarri egiten ditu bi edariak, tamainan, noski.
Kinina zuhaitza Cinchona generokoa da. Izen horrek ere historia xelebrea du. 1638an Perun Espainiako erregeordea zen Don Luis Gerónimo Fernández de Cabrera de Bobadilla Cerda y Mendozaren emaztea, helgaitzak edo malariak jota zena kinina zuhaitzaren azalak sendatu omen zuen. Agintariaren lehen edo bigarren emaztea ote zen, espainiar historialariak ez dira ados... Guri bost! Kanpoko historialariek, ordea, argi dute: ez zen horrela gertatu. Erregeurdearen menpeko gudari eta soldadu-jesuitek, indigenek zuhaitz honen azala sendagai gisa erabiltzen zutenaren berri bazuten, agidanean. Baina errege ustekoa erregeurde. Eta urdea Chinchongo laugarren kondea izan. 1748an Linneok landareen lehen izendegia osatu zuenean “chinchona” jarri nahi izan zion izena, baina italieraren ahoskera hartu zuenez “cinchona” deitu zuen. Gaur ere halaxe du izena kinina zuhaitza eta bere senideen genero horrek, Cinchona. Hala ere, euskal hiztegi gehienek “chinchona” deitzen dute. Hemen dugun erregeurdeak ere lana ongi egiten duenaren adierazle.
Hara, hemen tonikaren kininaren historia bat. Ingelesek baino dezente lehenago erabiltzen zuten jesuitek eta Ameriketako indigenek. Hurrengo gin tonica hartzen dudanean haren gaineko kontu eta komeria gehiago idatziko dizkizut, zeuk hartzen duzunean ahoa neurri hitz egiten duen horietakoren bat lotsagarri utz dezazun..
The day exceeds the night with the spring equinox. This year it happened on 20 March, at 22:59 hours, opening the door of the spring. The Eki prefix means the same thing. Until then the night had been longer. The day and night were twelve hours. Since then, the day is extended... [+]
Time has been on our line for a long time, but the climate is relatively recent. There is no need to clarify too much what climate change is. Explaining what the landscape is is a redder necessity. Conferences, round tables or international conferences on climate change are... [+]
It's time to pick up the fruits and get them on the way to the lagar. Pear (Pyrus communis), apple (Malus x domestica), grape (Vitis vinifera)... It seems a short and quick road, but you have to work a lot of rodeos and their variants until the fruit becomes must and must become... [+]
In the Basque Country, agriculture is the history of permanent colonization. Like everywhere. Before, the land was not cultivated; before, the harvest was not sown; you enjoyed what was not eaten before. They had brought it all from elsewhere. Many of these stories have been... [+]
Returning to the wines that are made with the crops, the left madreselva (Humulus lupulus) is conservative and bitter tasting aggregator. The union of crops and madreselvas produces many dirty jets, especially in beer countries. A friend has just explained to me the stories of... [+]
In our house we met him with the name of madreselva (Humulus lupulus). In fact, we have worked hard and sinister on the banks of the river in our country, coinciding with the expansion of beer. We've learned that it's also called lobster, beer, beer, wart and grass on the left... [+]
Spring has brought the issue to my nose. C. worked at various research centers in New York. Bushdid, M. Oh! Magnasco, L.B. Vosshall and A. An article published by scientists Keller in March 2014 in the prestigious “Science Magazine” produced a great stir. The title says it... [+]
The curious interannual days end, those who eat and drink from the emanations of the earth. I'll eat from the best to the best. Supposedly. Heavy champagne and cava bottles are easy to dance. Even though they are of all kinds today, they were once the cider of the other barrel... [+]
