A Mexikaner is a mixed shot made from a clear liquor, tomato juice, sangrita, Tabasco sauce, salt and black pepper. The recipe is similar to a Bloody Mary, but is more heavily spiced and typically ser
Tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the town of Tequila 65 km northwest of Guadalajara, and in the Jaliscan Highlands of the central weste
Three varieties of tequila
Blue agave fields near Tequila
A distillery oven loaded with agave piñas or "pineapples", the first step in the production of tequila post harvest
A tahona, large stone wheel, at the Hacienda Doña Engracia that was used to crush the piña. Large, modern distilleries commonly complete this process mechanically.