Maleza Axiote Annato Liqueur

Based on corn-based spirit from Chiapas, this achiote liqueur is infused with annatto seeds, lime peel, and habanero as botanicals. From a producer who has spent over a decade sourcing the finest ingredients from the biodiversity of Mexico, this has aromas of orange with a spicy citrus finish.

Like all of the Maleza liquors, the base spirit is alcohol distilled from corn in Rubio Isunza’s native state of Chiapas, the southernmost state in Mexico. Chiapas’ native spirit is pox (pronounced posh) which is distilled from a mixture of corn, wheat, and sugarcane. Isunza worked with a traditional pox distiller in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, to produce a base spirit purely from malted corn because it has such a distinctive flavor.