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Why no new facts for the last few days?
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Anonymous, at February 25, 2009 11:46 AM
Why no new facts for the last few days?
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Anonymous, at February 25, 2009 11:48 AM
Great factoid, but I don't quite believe it. You see, they don't make Tequila in Oaxaca, they make Mezcal (similar, but not the same thing) and as such, it'd be a huge insult to give Oaxaca officials anything but the local drink.
(This would be akin to giving County officials in Cork City a case of Guinness (which is from Dublin) instead of the local brew, Murphy's.)
So, to clear things up...
Mexico has three spirits made from slightly different (and local) agave plants:
Sotol from Chihuahua
Mezcal from Oaxaca
Tequila from Tequila
Hope this helps.
cheers,
matthk
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matthk, at January 05, 2010 10:30 PM
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