silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThe plants used to make the world’s best mezcal are disappearing | Soaring demand is draining Mexico of its wild agavewapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkThe plants used to make the world’s best mezcal are disappearing | Soaring demand is draining Mexico of its wild agavewapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareMelonYellowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·10 months agoSo instead of wild agave, we could be growing agave, but the big distilleries don’t want to
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·10 months agoWe do though, there’s massive agave plantations. This is just about one variety that is likely more difficult to grow like that or it’s yield is low
minus-squarealcyoneous@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoThe variety in question takes 25 years to mature and so far has been resistant to cultivation.
So instead of wild agave, we could be growing agave, but the big distilleries don’t want to
We do though, there’s massive agave plantations. This is just about one variety that is likely more difficult to grow like that or it’s yield is low
The variety in question takes 25 years to mature and so far has been resistant to cultivation.