Mezcouting

23/09/2020

La adaptación mezcalera / Mezcal adaptation.

La colectividad y la autogestión son las herramientas de los mezcaleros frente a los retos que el COVID- 19 implica en diferentes ámbitos.

07/05/2019

24/04/2019

Learn about the milpa (corn, beans, and squash) and the other crops that grow alongside mezcal producing agaves. Cook with them, learn the nixtamalization process, and learn about the milpa’s relationship to deep in the heart of at Rancho Los Nahuales .

17/04/2019

Maguey anatomy
Anatomía del maguey

18/02/2019

Its Monday and this maguey Mexicano is sprouting like its quiote! The quiote or stalk that comes out the middle of the agave indicates that the agave is mature. If you want to make mezcal out this agave you must cut the stalk in order to preserve the sugars in the base of the plant. If you want to leave the agave for seed then you leave the stalk to grow and in the process the plant dies using up all of its sugar to produce seeds. You have about a month window when you can cut the stalk after 10-13 years of waiting for the plant to mature.

24/09/2018

A BEAUTIFUL account of our experience in the annual nocturnal flower market in Miahuatlán by the one and only Mar Castillo for the Sección Amarilla blog. Want to experience the magic of this market with us? We still have a few spots open for our overnight stay October 30th-31st. We will be creating our own altar and making tamales de mole negro as well as seeing how the pan de mu***os, traditional bread is made. Write to us here or at [email protected] for more information!

https://blog.seccionamarilla.com.mx/los-altares-para-todos-santos-en-miahuatlan-son-arte-y-memoria/

Los altares para Todos Santos en Miahuatlán son arte y memoria. Pasamos estas fechas con una familia en esta localidad de la Sierra Sur en Oaxaca.

18/09/2018

Pouring cold water from a height to get the foamy effect of the dough rising to the top.

18/09/2018

One of the coolest Mezcouting experiences EVER! Last October went to visit with some of the talented embroiders that work with our friends at Mano Madre and we got invited to a wedding with Morgan Ione Photography! This is a video of women in the Ocotlán Valley making Tejate for the big day. Tejate is like pre-Hispanic protein shake! Rich in nutrients and extremely filling, many maestros mezcaleros drink a jicara of Tejate before working their fields. The dough being mixed here is made of toasted cacao, corn, the pit of the mamey fruit, and rosita de caocao, an extremely fragrant and white flower. The dough is hand mixed with cold water until the dough floats to the top creating a delicate foam. Delicious!

26/08/2018

Happy Sunday! Gloria, cocinera tradicional, cooking us up some huevos al comal (eggs from her chickens) at her home and family's traditional mezcal palenque. She sprinkles a bit of ash on the eggs giving it a smokey flavor and serves it with a grilled tomatoe salsa and handmade tortillas made from heirloom corn grown on her farm. Yum! A meal fit for a maestro mezcalo or just some hungry visitors like ourselves.

22/08/2018

We´re so excited to announce our special calendar for Día de los Mu***os 2018. Visit our October and November calendar for more information! Thanks to Gentl & Hyers for the beautiful photos.

https://www.mezcouting.com/calendar/?view=calendar&month=October-2018

https://www.mezcouting.com/calendar/?view=calendar&month=November-2018

17/08/2018

Thank you Mar Castillo and Sección Amarillo blog for this guide to the 5 palenques you should visit in Oaxaca! We visit the Mezcal Real Minero palenque on our Traditional Mezcal Outings to Santa Catarina Minas as well.

https://blog.seccionamarilla.com.mx/5-palenques-de-mezcal-en-oaxaca/

El mundo del mezcal está ligado de forma intrínseca con el de las personas, las culturas y el entorno. Checa estos cinco palenques de mezcal en Oaxaca.

28/07/2018

We are so excited to have the Learn More section of website up and running! Ever wonder how to make worm salt, collect chapulines, and how pan de mu***os was made? Miss any articles we posted? Catch up on the Learn More section! Keep learning with us we explore the history and culture surrounding traditional mezcal.
https://www.mezcouting.com/learnmore/

11/07/2018

¡Felicidades Oaxaca!

Este 2018 la renombrada revista Travel + Leisure ha nombrado ha Oaxaca como la 2ª mejor ciudad del mundo, solo después de San Miguel de Allende en los World’s Best Awards.

19/06/2018

Join us in Chicago at Frontera Grill's new space La Vista for an evening of rare mezcals and edible insects!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/get-in-the-spirit-a-tasting-of-rare-oaxacan-mezcales-and-edible-insects-tickets-47185046745

We are debuting La Vista, our brand new private event space, with a tasting of rare Oaxacan mezcales led by our friends at Mezcouting​. Mezcalier (and Chicagoland native!) Andrea Hagan and her partner Marcos Ochoa will guide guests through a tasting and discussion of three mezcales, the type you w...