Cuentacuentos

Maguey arroqueño (Agave americana var. oaxacensis) is a massive wild Maguey that can take upwards of 20 years to mature. It is the genetic mother of Maguey espadin, which is...

Cuentacuentos Cuish is produced by Maximiliano “Serafin” García Gerónimo on a small hillside outside of San Dionisio Ocotopec. The agave is cooked for 72 hours in a traditional underground horno...

Maguey espadin (Agave angustifolia) is the most commonly used Maguey in mezcal. It generally takes about 8-12 years to mature, and it can be grown in a variety of farm...

Cuentacuentos Cuish is produced by Maximiliano “Serafin” García Gerónimo on a small hillside outside of San Dionisio Ocotopec. The agave is cooked for 72 hours in a traditional underground horno...

Cuentacuentos Espadin Artesanal is produced by Maximiliano “Serafin” García Gerónimo on a small hillside outside of San Dionisio Ocotopec. The agave is cooked for 72 hours in a traditional underground...

This agave distillate from Laurentino Santos Martinez is produced in the region of Miahuatlan, Oaxaca from ripe agaves that are cooked in an in-ground pit, hand crushed, open air fermented...

Maestro mezcalero, Ángel Cruz Robles’ family has been tending their field of stately arroqueño, a finca they call El Tepiche, for the better part of the last two decades. The...

Cuentacuentos Coyote Ancestral is produced by Ángel Cruz Robles at his small palenque which is hidden in the forest high in the Sierra Sur mountains outside of Sola de Vega,...

Cuentacuentos Espadin Ancestral is produced by Ángel Cruz Robles at his small palenque which is hidden in the forest high in the Sierra Sur mountains outside of Sola de Vega,...

This agave distillate from Laurentino Santos Martinez is produced in the region of Miahuatlan, Oaxaca from ripe agaves that are cooked in an in-ground pit, hand crushed, open air fermented...

Cuentacuentos Tepeztate is produced by Maximiliano “Serafín” García Gerónimo on a small hillside outside of San Dionisio Ocotepec. The agave is cooked for 3 days in a traditional underground horno...

Cuentacuentos Seemanniana is made from maguey Tobala, which in this rare case is referring to an agave Seemanniana. This mezcal was distilled from Mezcalero Ángel Cruz Calvo’s own crop of...

Maguey tobala (Agave potatorum) grows wildly at high altitudes, and its relatively minuscule size yields extremely limited quantities of intensely aromatic mezcal. Due to its tiny size and long growing...