Highlights

Mezcal is the most mythic plant in Mexico. The agave at the bottom of the glass may have grown for thirty years before anyone touched it, and the batch it produced will never be made the same way twice. If you have only had industrial mezcal, you have not had mezcal. Here it is the ancestral kind, made by hand by people with names. The first stop is an old-school mezcalería of the kind still found across the Mexican interior. Three spirits here show you the range of what Mexico distils, and give you the ground to stand on for what comes next. The second is a private tasting room, the most serious room on the route, built by a chef around one of the city's great agave collections. Three mezcals, each from a different plant and a different maker, each paired with one of her moles. This is where the craft shows the magic behind the plant. The last stop is a lively bar where you get hands-on and mix your mezcal cocktail to taste mezcal's full range. An immersive small-group experience.