Tequila’s roots can be traced back to the agave plants native Aztecs used to make a fermented drink called pulque. The world ...

Later, the Aztecs continued the tradition of preparing liquor from agave, as evidenced by stone wall carvings from 200 A.D.

It’s not that mezcal has changed all that much since the Aztecs began distilling agave juice half a millennium ago, it’s just that once locked-down sippers began discovering tequila’s ...