In the cantinas and cabarets of Puebla’s Barrio del Artista, passionate discurso is fueled by unique menjurjes’”homemade concoctions created from a blend of native ingredients and local spirits.

One particularly popular menjurje created by the family Reyes was the only one made from Puebla’s signature crop: the beloved ancho chile. Ancho Reyes is the original ancho chile liqueur’”a smoky, heated celebracion of the radical, the romantico, the independiente inside us all.