Mezcal Experience Mexico City: 3 Bars, 6 Spirits & Cocktail demo

Mezcal is the most mythic plant in Mexico. The agave at the bottom of the glass may have grown for thirty years before anyone touched it, and the batch it produced will never be made the same way twice. If you have only had industrial mezcal, you have not had mezcal. Here it is the ancestral kind, made by hand by people with names. The first stop is an old-school mezcalería of the kind still found across the Mexican interior. Three spirits here show you the range of what Mexico distils, and give you the ground to stand on for what comes next. The second is a private tasting room, the most serious room on the route, built by a chef around one of the city's great agave collections. Three mezcals, each from a different plant and a different maker, each paired with one of her moles. This is where the craft shows the magic behind the plant. The last stop is a lively bar where you get hands-on and mix your mezcal cocktail to taste mezcal's full range. An immersive small-group experience.

1. 1

   Roma Norte

   10 min

   Three bars in Roma Norte, six Mexican spirits and one cocktail. Each stop does something the others can’t: the first opens up the range of what Mexico distils, the second goes deep into mezcal itself, and the third puts a shaker in your hand.

2. 2

   Stop 2

   30 min

   An old-school mezcalería, the kind still found across the Mexican interior. Three spirits map the range of what Mexico distils: one made from pulque, one from a desert plant that isn’t an agave at all, one from the agave fields of the west. You leave this stop able to pick up any bottle in Mexico and read what’s in your hands, the plant, the region and the method, which is what makes everything that follows land.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   40 min

   A private tasting room, the most serious room on the route, built by a chef around one of the city’s great agave collections. Three mezcals, each from a different plant, a different region and a different maker, tasted side by side and each paired with one of her moles. This is where the first stop pays off: you find out why two bottles that are both mezcal taste nothing alike. The agaves behind them spent years, sometimes decades, in the ground, and none of these batches will ever be made the same way twice.

4. 4

   Stop 4

   30 min

   A lively neighbourhood bar to finish. You get behind the counter and mix your own mezcal cocktail, which is where everything you’ve tasted stops being information and turns into something you can make at home.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.