Mezcal and tequila are both popular Mexican spirits ... Malik says many people associate "the worm" with mezcal, though it's only found in a few mezcals. "The worm—a larva from a moth that ...

Just as tequila had to emerge from the shadow of mixto, mezcal has fought its own negative reputation as the spirit with the ...

Alcohol-cured caterpillars known as maguey worms, to be added to individual ... program to certify “bat-friendly” bottles of tequila and mezcal, like the Don Mateo de la Sierra mezcal, from ...

Smoky mezcal and savory bitters are rounded out by sweet-tart lemon juice and tamarind puree in this punchy cocktail. Recipes published by Food & Wine are rigorously tested by the culinary ...

The US market for mezcal overtook Mexico's in 2019. But as demand soars stateside, small Mexican mezcal producers aren't making the big bucks. While Mexican regulations do require mezcal to be ...

Pulque is the oldest ancestor of two of Mexico's most popular alcoholic drinks, tequila and mezcal. It's not nearly as popular as the other two, but that wasn't always the case. In the late 1800s ...

Tequila and mezcal are both made by distilling agave, but there are a couple of significant differences between the two spirits. Mezcal is made by harvesting one of 50-plus species of agave, which is ...