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Agave angustifolia plant with long, narrow, pointed green leaves edged in white, growing among rocks outdoors.

Master mezcalero Gregorio Martinez chops large agave hearts, called pinas, in a grinding mill with a stone wheel at a mezcal production facility in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Five bottles of Del Maguey brand mezcal.

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Agave angustifolia plant with long, narrow, pointed green leaves edged in white, growing among rocks outdoors.

Caribbean agave

An example of Agave angustifolia, one of the varieties of agave used to...

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Master mezcalero Gregorio Martinez chops large agave hearts, called pinas, in a grinding mill with a stone wheel at a mezcal production facility in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Preparing agave hearts for mezcal

Mezcalero Gregorio Martinez chopping up roasted piñas (agave hearts)...

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