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Pedro Quintanilla, center, watches his business partner Alejandro Martinez Grey sipping mezcal through a siphon.
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The agave plant prior to being crushed into a mash which is then fermented and distilled.
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A mezcal producer lifts crushed agave fibers into a wheelbarrow. The mash is then fermented.
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A mezcalero, or mezcal producer stands beside a fire that heats the still where the mezcal is made.
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A boy stands beside his family’s still in San Luis del Rio, Oaxaca. Behind him, buyers and village producers sample artisanal mezcal.
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Hearts of the agave plant on the road to San Luis del Rio, Oaxaca. From here the agave is brought to the village where it is cooked before being crushed into a mash that is fermented and then distilled.
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Mezcal producer Jorge Mendez stands with visitors beside a wood barrel where agave fibers are fermented.
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A horse drags a stone wheel in a circle to transform roasted agave plants into a fibrous mash prior to fermentation.