Manual Alcocer, a farmworker who cuts and prepares the heart of the maguey for fermentation.

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Mezcal production from the maguey agave cupreata cactus in rural Mexico Manual Alcocer is a farmworker who cuts and prepares the heart of the maguey for fermentation The process involves removing all the spiney leaves of the plant and exposing the round center or heart

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Location: Guerrero
Photo credit: © Keith Dannemiller / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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