Cognac, Calvados, Grappa: Alcohol test and local food trip in Dagestan | Must Eat Special

Normally when I visit a region of Russia I do one “Must Eat” video about the local cuisine, but Dagestan was so rich with food and drink that I decided to divide my experience into liquids and solids, so here is how to drink Dagestani… Must Drink!

First off I gleefully tested some pomegranate juice at Makhachkala’s

Second Market with was the perfect sweet way to start off today’s tasting.

Next, I was all the way down in Derbent at a local tea house. The tea houses are a big part of the culture where men go to talk to their buddies and sip tea with sweets all day long. The local tea is always drunk from
an “Armudu” glass to guarantee a proper temperature and experience.

Next, it was time to try alcohol at Derbent’s legendary Cognac Plant. Wood barrel-aged cognac from a region famous for it is something utterly amazing. This is not fire water, it was an alco-experience! I also tried some of their other products like calvados, grappa, and a supposedly female-friendly madeira wine.

So whether you are going hard or soft all the drinks in Dagestan were great, it must be the mountain water or something right?