Oaxacan FuturesTo date, the most notable impact of this pandemic on the rural, mezcal-producing communities of Oaxaca has been economic. Some of the villages have completely shut themselves off to outsiders. The mezcaleros continue to make their unique, delicious mezcals but no one is able right now to buy it. As Felix Angeles said, "There's no quarantine for us, only work to do." Here's your chance to help these families until you get the chance to come down to Oaxaca and see them in person. Purchase bottles now and they'll be holding onto your mezcal until your next visit. It would mean a great deal to these families and these communities right now. And they look forward to thanking you in person. We can either give you directions or we can take you there as part of tour. Whenever the time is right. |
Adela del Carmen Cruz This is Adela del Carmen Cruz, age 20. She started when she was 11 years old, under the tutelage of her father, Hilario Perez Cruz. Her agave are baked in an stone-lined earthen oven, crushed with a tahona, fermented in open-air wooden tinas, and distilled in wood-fired copper pot stills. | |
Tepeztate distilled with pineapple (1ltr) – 400 pesos |
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Cirial (1ltr) – 400 pesos |
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Barrilito (1ltr) – 500 pesos |
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Espadin (1ltr) – 250 pesos |
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Tobala (1ltr) – 300 pesos |
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Mexicano (1ltr) – 300 pesos |
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Coyote (1ltr) – 400 pesos |
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Karwinskii (1ltr) – 400 pesos |
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Jabali (1ltr) – 500 pesos |
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Pulquero (1ltr) – 500 pesos |
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Temo Garcia Temo roasts his agave in an earthen oven, mills it with a horse-drawn tahona, ferments open-air in wooden barrels, and distills in wood-fired copper pot stills | |
Pulquero (1ltr) – 450 pesos |
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TOBALA (1ltr) – 450 pesos |
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Tepeztate (1ltr) – 450 pesos |
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Cuixe (1ltr) – 450 pesos |
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Ensamble de 7 especies (1ltr) – 500 pesos |
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Ensamble Tepeztate Espadin (1ltr) – 450 pesos |
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Ensamble Tobala Tepeztate (1ltr) – 450 pesos |
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Madre Cuixe (1ltr) – 450 pesos |
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Jabali (1ltr) – 1,000 pesos |
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Fortunato Hernandez Fortunato roasts his agave in an earthen oven, mills it with a horse-drawn tahona, ferments open-air in wooden barrels, and distills in wood-fired copper pot stills | |
Ensamble of 5 - Mexicano, Tobalá, Espadin, Cuixe, & Barril (1ltr) – 250 pesos |
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Arroqueño (1ltr) – 500 pesos |
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Pechuga (1ltr) – 600 pesos |
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Espadin (1ltr) – 300 pesos |
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Tobala (1ltr) – 350 pesos |
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Jabalín (1ltr) – 800 pesos |
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Tepeztate (1ltr) – 300 pesos |
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Mexicano (1ltr) – 300 pesos |
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Cuishe (1ltr) – 300 pesos |
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Felix Angeles Felix roasts his agave in an earthen oven, mills his karwinskiis with a machine, but his espadin, tobala, and arroqueno by hand. He ferments open-air in wooden barrels, and distills in wood-fired clay pot stills | |
Tobala (1ltr) – 1200 pesos |
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Tepeztate (1ltr) – 1500 pesos |
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Arroqueño (1ltr) – 1000 pesos |
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Espadin (1ltr) – 500 pesos |
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Tobaziche (1ltr) – 800 pesos |
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Jabalí (1ltr) – 1,500 pesos |
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Coyote (1ltr) – 1,500 pesos |
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Tobala Pechuga (1ltr) – 1,700 pesos |
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Arroqueño Pechuga (1ltr) – 1,700 pesos |
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"El Conejo" Like Felix, who is on the other side of Minas, El Conejo roasts his agave in an earthen oven, mills his karwinskiis with a machine, but his espadin, tobala, and arroqueno by hand. He ferments open-air in wooden barrels, and distills in wood-fired clay pot stills, but with a steel condenser. (Felix uses a copper condenser.) | |
Espadin—600 pesos |
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Tobala — 1066 pesos |
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Cuish — 1066 pesos |
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Arroqueño — 1200 pesos |
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Largo — 1000 pesos |
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Tepeztate — 1300 pesos |
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Pechuga — 1500 pesos |
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Jose Alberto Pablo Jose Alberto roasts his agave in an earthen oven, mills it by hand using wooden mallets, ferments open-air in CLAY POTS, and distills in wood-fired clay pot stills. The mezcal of his community is traditionally yellow from using laminate condensers that get progressively more rusty until they eventually fail. He also makes clear mezcal using stainless steel condensers. | |
Ensamble de Espadín y Lumbre (1ltr) – 500 pesos |
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Barril (1ltr) – 600 pesos |
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Lumbre (1ltr) – 700 pesos |
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Ensemble of Espadin and Mexicano (amarillo) (1ltr) – 500 pesos |
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Fulgencio Ramirez Fulgencio roasts his agave in an earthen oven, mills it with a horse-drawn tahona, ferments open-air in wooden barrels, and distills in wood-fired copper pot stills with a refrescador | |
Pure Piñuela (1ltr) – 300 pesos |
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Tobalá (1ltr) – 350 pesos |
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Tepeztate (1ltr) – 350 pesos |
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San Martín (1ltr) – 250 pesos |
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