Mal Bien EL TIGRE Agua Bendita de Las Verdes Matas Papalote de maestro Tio Genio Garcia 750ml

El Tigre Papalote from Genio Garca is produced in Atempa, Chilapa de lvarez, Guerrero. Tio Genio uses wild Papalote harvested from the iron-rich red clay hillsides during the dry season. The Papalote maguey matures on average in 10-12 years. It is castrated by cutting its thick quiote trunk 9 months before harvest to ensure the sugars intensify in the pia.

The founders of El Tigre, Damian and Raquel, officially started the project in 2011, but the roots of El Tigre date back to the early 2000s. Damians To Chimino was an accomplishedmagueyeroduring this time period and he first introduced Damien to the Patricio Garca family. Damian, who had grown up in Mexico City and Detroit, began developing a greater interest in the culture of his familys ancestral home in Atempa.

The couple hosts mezcal tastings in their home in Mexico City as way of spreading Atempas culture of mezcal. The proceeds are used to help support and preserve the agricultural and artisan communities that are integral to Atempas traditional, social, religious, and economic systems.