World Spirits

Mexico

4 topics — topics in this category.

Tequila

Mexico's gift to the world: the blue agave spirit of Jalisco, bright, peppery and unmistakably of its red volcanic earth. Ingredients: 100% blue Weber agave at its best — the piña hearts are slow-cooked, crushed, ferment…

Mezcal

Tequila's smoky elder: mezcal is agave spirit made the slow, ancestral way, and you taste the fire in every sip. Ingredients: mature agave hearts — espadín and wilder species like tobalá — volcanic rock, firewood, water…

Pulque

The ancient, milky drink of the Mexican highlands: lightly fizzy, gently sour, alive — pulque is fermented, never distilled, and older than the Aztec empire. Ingredients: aguamiel, the sweet sap of the maguey agave, natu…

Margarita

The Margarita: Mexico's gift to the cocktail world — blanco tequila, lime and orange liqueur shaken over ice in a salt-rimmed glass. Origins: 1930s-40s Baja and border bars (several claimants from Tijuana to Acapulco); i…

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