For every bad thing, Mezcal; for every good thing as well.
If you were asked to name a Mexican alcoholic drink, which one would you say? It would surely be tequila, right? While this is probably the most well-known around the world as Mexican, there is another distillate that is quite similar although less popular called mezcal. These 2 drinks have several characteristics that differentiate them. Some of these are the plants they come from and their distillation processes. On one hand, tequila can only be produced with blue agave and cooked in steam ovens, while mezcal can be produced with up to 20 different types of maguey and is cooked in wood or stone ovens, hence its flavor has the characteristic of being a bit smoky. Mezcal dates back to...
