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Michoacán

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registered

Michoacán's Purépecha mezcal is one of the least documented. Indigenous communities hold unique clay distillation techniques.

Production Data

Primary Agaves

CupreataInaequidens

Cooking

Underground pit with stones

Fermentation

Wood vats / Clay vessels

Distillation

Copper alembic / Clay distillation

Primary Traceability Challenge

Purépecha communities with undocumented techniques

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