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And flavors and aromas. - mm-hmm. - and this is what differentiates mezcal from tequila, because tequila is not using an earth oven to cook the agave. its using machinery to cook it. - mezcal maestra doña bertas earth oven is lined with rocks and heated by firewood. the agave hearts roast slowly, releasing their natural sugars and develop that distinctive smoky flavor. and how old is the technique? - the earth oven is pre-hispanic. actually, in many pre-hispanic cities around mexico, we find ea...

[upbeat music] ♪ ♪ - oh, look at these agave. oaxaca is the land of the agave plant. and where theres agave, theres mezcal-- the smoky liquor this region is famed for. ive always been more of a tequila girl myself, so im off to a palenque, an agave farm, for a little mezcal education in san baltazar chichicapam. and im excited because this palenque has a maestra mezcalera, which is a female master of mezcal. and its very rare in the mezcal industry. tequila is only made from blue agave, whil...

Hola. connoisseur sylvia philion champions traditional producers. a mezcal authority, three years ago, she discovered doña bertas artisanal spirit. - what doña berta is doing now-- how we say it in oaxaca... shaving the agave. - and what type is this one? both: cuishe. - this is a species that you can only find in oaxaca, actually. - okay. - what shes doing is shes taking out all the leaves so we can have the heart of the agave. - and this is the part thats gonna be cooked? - yes. [surf rock m...

The aztec goddess of fertility and agave, mayahuel, watches over the familys production. and then to cover all religious bases... oh, wow. and this is all her mezcal? - yes. - so she keeps all the mezcal in the altar? the precious stash is stored under the watchful eyes of jesus. - [chuckles] - oh, wow.