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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Joanne Gould

Sip, slam or stir: the best tequila and mezcal from our taste test of 40

Mexican mezcal shots with a slice of orange fruit on a wooden background
One tequila, two tequila … just make sure you’re drinking the best of the agave-based tipples. Photograph: carlosrojas20/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Across North America, Mexican spirits have always been big – tequila even overtook whiskey as the US’s second biggest spirit in 2023 – but it’s taken the UK a little longer to catch on.

Now, though, premium Mexican spirits are on the rise, and we are surely in our agave era. Celebs are bringing out agave-based drinks by the crate-load (shout out to Rita Ora, Kendall Jenner and Nick Jonas), spicy margs have their own merch, and even Waitrose reported an 86% increase in sales of tequila last year.

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