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mixto

From The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails

is a type of tequila or mezcal that is made from a mixture of agave and other sugars. The agave component in mixto tequila must comprise at least 51 percent, while the minimum required for mixto mezcal is 80 percent. See agave; mezcal;, tequila.

This definition is from The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails, edited by David Wondrich (Editor-in-Chief) and Noah Rothbaum (Associate Editor).