– Deep in Jalisco, Mexico, Melly Barajas Cardenas’s crew of women plant the seeds for the next extra anejo that will grace the hand-beaded bottles of Leyenda de Mexico Tequila, a job traditionally left to men.
The decorated bottles of reposado, blanco, anejo and extra anejo displayed and served are the result of a unique take on how to make the traditional drink of Mexico. Barajas bought a parcel of the highlands of Jalisco called Valle de Guadalupe and built a distillery called Vinos y Licores Azteca. It features access to artesian waters that is coveted to nurture the blue agave grown for the first phase of tequila making.
The agave is cooked in traditional adobe ovens in the earth, and no chemicals are added during the distilling process. It’s oxygenated as well, which Barajas claims adds to the health benefits that put tequila at the top of list of least harmful alcoholic beverages.
In America, we call that illegal.
Cute powder puff booze
Like we all sit around all day wondering if a guy or a woman is making tequila. We don’t care.