The Maguey Comiteco project, promoted since 2008 by Comiteco Córdova & Guillen (the producers of Comiteco 9 Guardianes), has the goal of promoting and improving the Comiteco culture in the Municipality of Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas. This includes rescuing the maguey Comiteco variety from near extinction, proper taxonomical identification of the variety as well as a variety of projects and investigations around the following topics: establishing agave plantations with grower’s manuals, proper methods for the extraction of the aguamiel, creation of an industry dedicated to the production of artisanal agave nectar and, of course, further developing the basis of an industry furthering the development of Comiteco, a unique distilled agave spirit. Remember – it is not a tequila, it is not a mezcal. Neither the piñas nor the pencas are used in the creation of Comiteco.Comiteco Córdova & Guillen itself has an investigation center which develops Agave americana L and conducts studies with grants from CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, the arm of the Mexican government in charge of Science and Technology). One the important results from their studies was the isolation of a native yeast of the Maguey Comiteco to better control the entire fermentation process, which is the key to making a great Comiteco.