In honor of Cinco de Mayo, here's some stuff you probably didn't know about the most popular liquor south of the border:
The infamous worm is never in tequila, only mezcal. And while all tequila is mezcal, all mezcal is not tequila.
To be labeled as tequila the spirit must be distilled from at least 51% blue agave and made within a region around the Mexican town of Tequila.
Mezcals, on the other hand, can be made from any of 30 aloe-like succulents and can be made in a number of Mexican states.
"Margarita" is Spanish for daisy, but the drink probably wasn't named after a woman.
In less than a decade, worldwide sales of tequila have doubled, while sales of premium and ultra-premium brands have risen 292% and 706% respectively.