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What happens when you eat the worm in tequila?
There are no proven side effects that come with consuming a Tequila worm. While the worm is popularly called the tequila worm, it is only found on the bottom of a bottle of mezcal, a variety of tequila obtained from distilling blue agave and similar plants.
Does the tequila worm make you trip?
Finally, as long as we’re busting myths, here’s another one: Does eating the worm cause hallucinations? Nope. If you start seeing things after eating the worm, it probably has more to do with the mezcal you had to drink than the actual larva. Some people who have eaten a mezcal worm say it tastes like chicken.
Why did they put a worm in tequila?
Mezcal is a smokey, aromatic spirit while tequila is more robust. The legend of the worm started in the 1950s when a Mexican mezcal maker discovered a moth larvae in a batch of mezcal. This mezcal maker thought the worm’s presence actually improved its taste. He placed a worm in each bottle as a marketing strategy
What brand tequila has the worm in it?
Monte Alban Mezcal
Is it OK to eat the worm in tequila?
Are tequila worms edible? They are indeed. Feel free to gulp down that worm to your hearts content.
Does eating the worm in tequila make you hallucinate?
The worm does not give you hallucinations, and it is not an aphrodisiac. The credit here goes to the amount of Tequila or Mezcal a person consumes. Oddly enough, there are many kinds of gusano de maguey (Agave Worms), but only the Chinicuil Gusano is used.
What does the worm in tequila do to you?
One traces the origin back to a distiller named Jacobo Lozano Pxe1ez, who in 1940 found that the larvae changed the taste of the agave and so began adding it to his spirits. Others believe that it brings good fortune and strength to the lucky person who finds it in a glass.
Why don’t you eat the worm in tequila?
Nope. If you start seeing things after eating the worm, it probably has more to do with the mezcal you had to drink than the actual larva. Some people who have eaten a mezcal worm say it tastes like chicken. Luckily, there are other ways to enjoy that experiencetry one of our recipes that actually use chicken!