Pulque

Pulque is a mildly alcoholic Mexican beverage made by fermenting the sap, called aguamiel, tapped from the maguey or agave plant, producing a thick, milky, slightly viscous drink with a tangy, yeasty flavor. It occupied a central place in the religious and social life of pre-Hispanic central Mexico, associated with Mayahuel, a goddess said to embody the maguey plant itself, and with the Centzon Totochtin, a legendary group of four hundred rabbit gods representing the many possible states, and misbehaviors, of drunkenness; these are recounted here as Aztec religious legend, not as historical fact. Pulque is the fermented, undistilled predecessor to mezcal, which is instead the roasted and distilled product of the same plant family, and no fixed date can be given for pulque's own origin, since fermenting agave sap for drink is an old practice in central Mexico that predates any written or precisely datable record.