Mezcal is a Mexican drink made from the agave plant. Durango was one of the states originally allowed to produce it, alongside Oaxaca, Guerrero and Zacatecas. The first record of the drink comes from southern Jalisco, using tricks borrowed from Colima's coconut liquor. Tequila is actually one special kind of mezcal, made only from blue agave near the town of Tequila in Jalisco.