Agave Road Trip

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That agave won’t just start fermenting, you know. You’ve gotta make it delicious for yeast before yeast makes it delicious for you. We talk with mezcalera Catalina Lopez Velasco about how that’s done, then talk about how mezcalero Eduardo Angeles saved Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca, from drought. (Season 1, Episode 3)

Episode-related pictures below, some with links

Filling the earthen pit oven with stones that, once heated, will in turn cook the agave