which is derived from the Nahuatl word mexicali meaning "cooked agave", has been produced in Oaxaca, Mexico for centuries. The history of mezcal in Oaxaca includes:
Indigenous peoples used the maguey plant to make fermented drinks for ceremonial and medicinal purposes. The ancient Aztecs revered the agave plant and extracted its sap to create a fermented beverage called pulque.
Spanish conquistadors introduced distillation techniques and copper stills to Mexico, which led to the creation of mezcal. Filipino migrants also brought Filipino-type stills to New Spain via the Manila galleons, which were initially used to make vino de coco but were later adopted by indigenous peoples to distill agave.
Most producers still use 16th-century methods to make mezcal. This involves smoking the heart of the agave plant, called the piña, underground for several days, then crushing it with a millstone called a tahona. The pulp is then fermented in wooden vats and distilled at least twice in copper or clay pots. Oaxaca produces over 90% of the world's mezcal and is known as the "World Capital of Mezcal" because it has the best agave for making it.
More than 90% of Mezcal production is made in Oaxaca, a Mexican state, but still it can be produced in other Mexican states, like Guerrero, Durango, and San Luis Potosi.
Tequila is a type of mezcal, but there are several differences between the two agave spirits:
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