Did you know that agave, or maguey, the plant that mezcal is derived from, is NOT a cactus, but is more closely related to the asparagus?
Or that there is a Filipino connection to mezcal?
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Charming and familial, the palenques of Oaxaca reveal the heart of mezcal production.
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In a recent Forbes article, food writer Shayna Harris discusses the difficulties of small producers of mezcal to navigate several rough circumstances that came down on them at once in the past year.
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Any one of these five mezcal cocktails will remind you life is good! Everything Good Cocktail Get yourself about three tablespoons of honey, a cup and a half of mezcal, a quarter cup of orange liqueur, two and a half teaspoons of chocolate bitters, and eight orange twists. Then mix the honey with two tablespoons […]
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The online food and travel lifestyle magazine, Olive, shares some delicious mezcal cocktails to keep your summer floating along right. Check them out!
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Mezcal has grown to worldwide fame, especially in the past 10 years. “Even in Mexico, the embrace of mezcal outside of its origin states came slowly. Gonzalo Goût, the 33-year-old co-owner and beverage director of mezcal destination Ticuchi in Mexico City, says, “For my grandmother, drinking tequila was something ranchers did. Then my mother and […]
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Along with the rise of mezcal in popularity worldwide has come the need to make sure its production is an ethical, sustainable practice. If you are interested in supporting sustainable practices, make sure to look into the brands you would like to purchase to see how they are produced. What is their relationship to […]
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Both are distilled alcoholic drinks from maguey made in Mexico. But tequila is only from blue agave, and is made in the Mexican state of Jalisco, while mezcal can be from thirty different species of maguey, and is made in several states – but most prominently in the southern state of Oaxaca. The most essential […]
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