what is the difference between tequila and mezcal?
Both distilled spirits are made from agave, but tequila must be made from a certain type—blue Weber agave—and it can only be produced in the state of Jalisco and some parts of Guanajuato, Michoacán, Nayarit, and Tamaulipas. ... Mezcal, on the other hand, can be made from more than 30 types of agave.