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Filipino sailors dock in Mexico … and help invent tequila?

By Stephen Acabado, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping to shape what would become Mexico’s national spirit.

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