Tequila, Mezcal and Pulque

A drink for the grown-ups among the dead. Tequila and mezcal, both distilled from agave, are set on the altar so the family can raise a glass with the departed, and other agave drinks such as pulque, raicilla and sotol appear too. Pour what the person actually drank: if your grandfather was a mezcal man, a supermarket tequila says less than his own brand would. On an altar built with children, or one for a child who has died, this is the place to set out a favorite soda or juice instead, since the drinks the dead enjoyed in life belong on the altar too.