Dangerous Don, Cafe Mezcal

Created by Thea Cummings, it’s a story born from adventure and intrigue. A few years ago, Thea was keen for some time away from the restaurant industry, so she and a friend went travelling round The

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Created by Thea Cummings, it’s a story born from adventure and intrigue. A few years ago, Thea was keen for some time away from the restaurant industry, so she and a friend went travelling round The States, visiting a string of bourbon distilleries on the way.

With Mexico next door, she decided to pop over the border. Then Frank appeared and everything changed. Frank was Thea’s neighbour; a guy who’d pretty crudely mix mezcal “from the mountains” with instant coffee, sugar and vanilla and stick it in a bottle. “There’s got to be something in this,” thought Thea.

And so, she went to Oaxaca and started making friends. Before long, she met a guy called Alvin Starkman – “a real dude” – who introduced her to Celso, her producer. Thea and Celso went about working out how to make Dangerous Don together. Eureka!