Mezcouting offers intimate and customizable mezcal, artisan, and gastronomic outings in Oaxaca, Mexico. We work directly with traditional mezcal producers, local cooks, healers, and artisans to offer you a unique experience at the source of traditional mezcal and its surrounding gastronomy and craftmanship. Our groups are small, allowing us the incredible opportunity to enter people´s homes and workspaces to see how its all made and participate in its creation.
Go straight to the source of traditional mezcal; meet the producers, sample the best mezcal in the world, and learn about the rich history of mezcal production in the region.
Explore the traditional cuisine of different villages of Oaxaca, learn from a local cook pre-Hispanic and time tested recipes that respect the historic taste of the region. Visit the village market to pick out the freshest ingredients, prepare a fantastic meal, and enjoy!
Meet artisans who use techniques handed down over centuries. See their process, learn about their use of natural materials, and the cultural heritage behind breathtaking rugs, woven palm crafts, and antiques of the mezcal trade.
Learn about the living history of traditional medicine being used in Oaxaca today through combination of massage, spiritual cleansing, herbs infused in mezcal or applied topically, as well as steam baths (temzcal) used regularly in combination with Western medicine to cure different physical and spiritual ailments. Learn about these traditions with healers who have been handed down this tradition for generations.
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