Photo by Janaap Dekker

Salud! To Mayahuel, the Aztec goddess who bore 400 gods, provided sustenance to Mexico’s people and oozed from her bosom the first alcoholic drink of the Americas.

Known as pulque, this 2000 year-old, white, foamy, viscous beverage of four to eight percent alcohol, is the mother of mezcal and the abuelita of tequila, Mexico’s national drink.

In a tribute to Mayahuel, El Andar magazine offers the Ultimate Tequila and Mezcal website.

This electronic veneration presents all the wisdom necessary to turn any reader into a tequila and mezcal Epicurean.