While some of these species overlap quite a bit in appearance, there is still a good range between them. Most of them are green or have hints of green in them, but some can be white, blue, and yellow ...
Overplanting of blue agave, used in tequila, has rendered that plant more susceptible to disease. Carreño says she worries the same could happen to mezcal's workhorse variety: espadin.
By the end of this year, the number of vines on their property will have halved, with agave plants and malting barley filling every alternate row instead. In the long term, the couple is working ...