RHONY’s Erin Lichy shared a wild discovery she found during a trip to Mexico. While preparing a party with her husband, Abe, she remembered the time she was introduced to mezcal.
During episode 6 of season 15 of The Real Housewives of New York City, Erin was preparing for an upcoming Upper East Side party that she was feeling very stressed about, when she made an unusual comment.
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Erin Lichy tried mezcal in Mexico
Erin Lichy recalled the time she discovered mezcal during a trip to Mexico with her husband, Abe. She said: “Abe and I went to Tulum, Mexico, about 12 years ago and our house manager came.”
He explained how the house manager had brought “nondescript bottles of mezcal” and began telling them all about the history of Mexican liquor.
“It basically said, ‘Tequila is the poor man’s drink.’ Mezcal is what we Mexicans drink,’ and I thought, ‘Someone has to bring this to the United States,’” Lichy said in a confessional.
“Finally, last year Abe and I were able to start a new business called Mezcalum. “We have over 800 accounts and even the Met Lite stadium reached out to make their own mezcal,” he added.
The organic, low-carb, low-sugar mezcal liqueur costs $59.99 per bottle and, of course, was born from her love for the drink that began over a decade ago. It is made in Oaxaca.
The RHONY star ‘introduced the drink’ to the US
Erin revealed that “someone needs to bring this drink to the US,” leaving fans convinced that she takes credit for introducing the Mexican drink, Mezcal, to America.
One viewer said: “Seriously, Erin talks like she discovered this hidden gem of a drink she found drinking among the average working poor vacationing in Mexico at her private villa. Pulez.”
Ron Cooper is the entrepreneur who, with the launch of Del Maguey in 1995, brought artisanal mezcal commercially to the United States and, eventually, the world.
So Erin, a white woman, is talking about how she went to Mexico, learned about this liquor that’s ingrained in Mexican culture, and decided to come back and take advantage of it. Hahaha, it never ceases to amaze me. #RHONY pic.twitter.com/CJvP7JIhve
– Ashleys Bob (@OrginialCandy) November 6, 2024
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