El Rincón de las Mulas

El Rincón de las Mulas is a neighborhood pulquería in Colonia El Alto, Santa Ana Chiautempan, in a part of Tlaxcala state long associated with maguey cultivation and pulque production. The shop sells plain pulque and a range of pulque curados flavored with fruit, oats, or nuts, drawn from tanks and sold by the liter to take away, alongside on-site tasting by the glass for visitors who want to sample before buying. Because pulque spoils quickly, what is sold here is genuinely local and fresh rather than a bottled tourist product, and the quality depends on the day's batch, so regulars ask which curado was made most recently. Payment is cash only, prices are fixed per liter, and there is no bargaining culture around pulque sales. The atmosphere is informal and unpretentious, with a few plastic tables for tasting rather than a restaurant setting, and no food service beyond simple snacks like chicharrones behind the counter. Visitors should bring their own containers or buy the plastic bottles sold on-site for takeaway.