The distillation process of Mezcal is common knowledge throughout México. There are eighteen varieties of agave plants that can be used in this process and there are eight States in the Mexican Republic that hold the appellation of origin.
But it is to the State of Oaxaca were we can trace the oldest origins. Already before te arrival of the Spaniards to America, the Mixtecos of the Oaxaca region produced this distillate for their rituals.