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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.
Cocuy (Spanish:) is a liquor distilled from the fermented juices of the head, body or leaves of agave. In Venezuela, Agave cocui ("green agave") [1] is used to artisanally produce the drink in Falcón and Lara. [2] With a taste similar to other agave-based liquors such as tequila and mezcal, [3] it is known as the Tequila of Venezuela.
Unlike agave, which flowers only once in its lifetime, sotols produce a flower stalk every few years. Once the plant matures, it is harvested like agave plants when mezcal or tequila are to be made. The outer leaves are removed to reveal the center core, which is taken back to the distillery.
Sotoleros (people who make sotol) extract the heart of the plant to make sotol, while leaving the root to grow again. To harvest an agave plant for tequila or other liquors, the plant is fully dug up.
While tequila, made from the blue agave plant, is the best-known of the agave spirits, mezcal has also grown in popularity. Alan Uresti Silva, U.K. brand ambassador for The Lost Explorer Mezcal ...
The tequila agave is native to the states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, Michoacán, and Aguascalientes in Mexico. The plant favors altitudes of more than 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) and grows in rich and sandy soils. Blue agave plants grow into large succulents, with spiky fleshy leaves, that can reach over 2 metres (7 ft) in height. Blue agaves ...
Woolf was thinking about the agave plant: The large, fleshy, drought-resistant succulent is used to make tequila and mezcal in Mexico, where the plant is called maguey. He started with a 2.5-acre ...
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.