silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-down12
arrow-up186arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareMelonYellow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoSo instead of wild agave, we could be growing agave, but the big distilleries don’t want to
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year 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-up10·1 year 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.