Before the were distilled agave spirits there was pulque, a fermented beverage made from the sap of an agave plant. Tlachiquero is the term for the person who harvests the agave sap, or aguamiel, by carving out a part of the piña, or heart of the agave, before it is fermented into pulque.
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