It’s more resilient than agave and it’s the perfect thing to pair with your Tequila and Mezcal. In this episode of Agave Road Trip, we celebrate nopales and how they can fit into a set of simple bar offerings! Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest Lyanne Alfaro of Moneda Moves
If you’re in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, go drink pulque at Reina Cortes Cortes’s A&V La Casa del Pulque. Drink the pulque — all the pulque — but also check out Quiote de Maguey Escabeche from Mujeres 5 Estrellas!
Check out Lyanne’s article that inspired this episode: “Meet the Cactus Powering a New Generation of Latino-Owned Businesses,” Inc., September 16, 2024
Tia Lupita Foods offers a range of chips made from nopales!
Nemi Snacks has a line of nopale-based chips, too, but shaped more like Takis — but significantly healthier!
The movie Lyanne references is Flamin’ Hot!