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The uninitiated may think that some bottles of tequila have worms in the bottom, but experienced tequila-drinkers know that it's actually mezcal, a similar Mexican liquor, that features a wormy surprise at the bottom of the bottle.
When it comes to the effects you'll feel after eating the worm, however, opinions vary. Both tequila and mezcal are made from distilling the fermented juice of the agave plant. By law, only liquor distilled from the blue agave and produced in designated areas can be classified as tequila. Mezcal, on the other hand, can be produced in any region of Mexico, and can be made from any species of agave, not just blue agave.
As a result, Mexican mezcal producers are not subject to the stringent regulations that govern the production of tequila. When a bottle of mezcal contains a worm, the mezcal is described as being con gusano, or "with worm" in Spanish. The worm, however, isn't actually a worm, but the larva of one of two different types of moths that live on the agave plant.
Although the reason behind the addition of the worm is not verified, one theory is that the worm is a guarantee of high proof; if the worm remains preserved within the bottle, this proves to the customer that the alcohol percentage is high enough to preserve it. Word has it a former art student-turned-mezcal entrepreneur named Jacobo Lozano Paez got the idea to actually put the gusano into the bottle of finished mezca l after realizing that the gusano changed the flavor of the spirit.
Since gusano feed on the maguey plant, it happened that sometimes a heart would be roasted with worms in it; this is, again supposedly, where Paez got the idea.
Tequila was flooding the U. From here, ideas that the gusano indicated purity a strong, pure mezcal would keep the worm intact or could impart virility or good fortune were just a matter of some marketing imagination.
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