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'Mezcal' (!) tequila ... for real?

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Noticed with interest earlier tonight that the local government-approved drugstore is selling bottles of 'mezcal' tequila, complete with worm. The blurb on the bottle claims that eating the worm is 'the key' to all sorts of amazing shit, etc .. I was just wondering if anyone out there has consumed one of these so-called 'mezcal' worms, and whether they really are the real deal (ie full of mescaline)..? And if so, how strong is the trip? The stuff costs $40+ per bottle, but I figure if there's a full-blown mescaline trip lurking in there, I'll pay that - screw the tequila!
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anyone..?
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no mescaline, none at all. nothing at all psychoactive in fact...
Okay, first things first: If you are buying tequila with worms in it, it's a fake. Take it back and demand a refund. The worms are
only found in a particular type of mezcal, and while tequila is a type of mezcal, it's not the type with the worm in it. The kind with the worm is known as "mezcal con gusano." The worm itself, Hipopta agavis, lives in the stems of agave plants (the plant from which mezcal is made) and is a bright coral color. They are apparently fairly difficult to find, so some mezcal makers are replacing the true worm with a fake--the Atrovirens, a white worm which lives in the leaves of the agave plant. They are different in flavor, smell, and color, and the original is considered superior. You can easily tell the difference by color (and who knows, maybe by the taste). While the coral colored worms will become paler the longer they sit, they won't ever become completely washed out. The worm was originally put into mezcal as proof of alcohol content, but apparently it also alters the taste of the liquor, as well as the color and smell.
As for why it's "cool" to eat the worm, well, it used to be considered an aphrodisiac that blessed warriors with strength and virility. These days, it's pretty much just for the kick. The alcohol kick, I mean, not the kick your friends get out of seeing you suck down a dead worm.
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtequila.html
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If only the source of mescaline in Australia was that simple...
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*keeps looking*
 
Once upon a time a FOAF happened upon several boxes of mescal tequila, with the worm at the bottom of the bottle. We would eat the worm after drinking a bottle of the stuff. When that didn't seem to work we tried eating the worms by themselves.
All I can say (and I'm pretty sure these were the correct worm. colour etc.) is that none of us got anything noticeable from eating the rubbery things. Couple of us did get quite sick, and we certainly behaved as you would expect when large amounts of alcohol were involved. But that was all it was, alcohol.
A drink which supposedly had some opiate in it was Southern Comfort, which around 1977 was removed from sale in NZ (not sure bout oz) until it could be produced without this ingredient. Sorry - can’t remember what the offending compound was.
Once saw what was said to be a Peyote cactus. A tiny thing with no buttons, it was going to take 7 years to produce enough for one dose. Needless to say it didn't last 7 years. Ripped off after a few months. Experts say peyote really is an ornamental in Aus. try asking around your local weekend market.
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the worm is a worm... if you picked a worm out of the ground... dropped it in ethanol and then ate it, would you expect anything???
plus... mezcal is the mexican name for "shitty tequila"... it's really second rate shit... DO NOT BUY... unless of course you are enamoured of tragically bad hangovers...
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Amen to that plazma.
Mezcal is evil shit. My friend and I usually can polish off a bottle hard liquor pretty easily but this time we had Mezcal and we had to stop with 1/4 left because it was just so rough on the head and body.
 
I ate one of these worms at Taco Bill on Russell St. in Melbourne. They gave me a certificate and everything.
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I ate one of these worms at Taco Bill on Russell St. in Melbourne. They gave me a certificate and everything. But as you could assume from reading previous posts, I didn't trip out or anything. Just a good night of drinking
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It just sits in the bottom and soaks up a bit of alchol, did nothing and wasnt the nicest thing to eat..HAHAHAHA !
but at least i can say i have eatern a worm.
 
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