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Centuries before anybody ever heard of a margarita machine, Mexicans were distilling the exotic fruit of the Agave plant into Mezcal.
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Mezcal- the "poor man's tequila" is seeing a resurgence as exports are rising, quality is improving and modern new plants are being built.
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The agrave plant being cultivated.
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The agave plant's fruit.
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An elderly Oaxacan woman cuts agave thorns at an agave plantation in Villa Zapata in the Mexican southern state of Oaxaca.
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A mezcal worker works at Real Minero mezcal distillery facility in Santa Catarina Minas, Ocotlan, in the Mexican southern state of Oaxaca.
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A mezcal worker works at Real Minero mezcal distillery facility in Santa Catarina Minas, Ocotlan.
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A mezcal worker makes a test of fermentation of agave.
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Stirring the vat, a mezcal worker works at Real Minero mezcal distillery.
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At this distillery, the Angeles family has been making mezcal the old fashioned way for at least five generations.
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A cross is put at the top of cooked agave to bless the mezcal process at Real Minero mezcal distillery facility in Santa Catarina Minas.
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Eduardo Angeles shows an arroqueno agave plant at Real Minero mezcal distillery facility in Santa Catarina Minas. The Angeles family has been making mezcal the old fashioned way for at least five generations.
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Lorenzo Angeles sells his mezcal bottles at the Pochote market in Oaxaca City.
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A Oaxacan neighbor drinks a shot of mezcal at a mezcaleria store in Ocotlan, in the Mexican southern state of Oaxaca.
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