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Mezcal (/ m ɛ ˈ s k æ l / ⓘ, Latin American Spanish: ⓘ), sometimes spelled mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave.. Agaves or magueys are endemic to the Americas and found globally as ornamental plants.
Licor café (typical distilled drink in the province of Ourense), black in color, is a sweet liqueur made with augardente de bagazo, coffee (café), and sugar. Crema de augardente or crema de caña is a cream liqueur based on augardente, coffee, cream, milk, and other ingredients. It is similar to Irish cream liqueur.
This is a list of national liquors.A national liquor is a distilled alcoholic beverage considered standard and respected in a given country. While the status of many such drinks may be informal, there is usually a consensus in a given country that a specific drink has national status or is the "most popular liquor" in a given nation.
Guaro is a liquor made in many places in Latin America. A clear liquid distilled from sugar cane juices, it has a slightly sweeter taste than comparable liquors. It is traditionally 60 proof or 30% alcohol, although recently 70 proof and 80 proof versions are produced. [1]
Pulque is a milk-colored, somewhat viscous liquid that produces a light foam. It is made by fermenting the sap of certain types of maguey (agave) plants. In contrast, mezcal is made from the cooked heart of certain agave plants, and tequila is made all or mostly from the blue agave.
A carajillo (Spanish: [kaɾa'xiʝo,-ʎo]) is a coffee drink to which a liquor is added. [1] Similar to Irish coffee, it is traditionally served in Spain and several Hispanical American countries, such as Colombia and Venezuela, where it is usually made with brandy; Cuba, where it is usually made with rum; and in Mexico, where mezcal or a coffee liqueur such as Kahlúa or Tía María, or more ...
A jimador is a type of farmer who harvests agave plants, which are harvested primarily for the production of mezcal, sotol and tequila.This task requires the skill of identifying ripe agave, which ripens in between 5 and 35 years, depending on the agave species.
Raicilla ([raj.ˈsi.ʝa]], 'little root') is a distilled spirit originating in the south western part of the Mexican state of Jalisco.Like tequila and mezcal, it is a product of the agave plant.