Can Margaritas help us love immigrants?
The fastest-growing spirits category in the USA is Tequila/Mezcal. The most popular cocktail is the Margarita. We love tacos, we love tamales. So … can all of that help us as a country learn to love the people who brought us these things we love?
Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest Alba Huerta of Julep Houston.
Episode Notes
Shout outs to Alvin Schultz, Ben Quasius, Gustavo Arellano and his book Taco USA.
This episode was recorded about a month before the immigration raids in Los Angeles. The government’s violent response to the peaceful protests against those raids is, I think, evidence of what Alba says in this episode.
This Instagram post from my friends at Lost Lore Tequila says everything I’d want to say in a smarter way than I could:
