Pulque
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Pulque, occasionally known as octli or agave wine, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the agave plant. It is traditional in central Mexico, where it has been produced for millenni
Bottle of unflavored pulque with bamboo cap
Close up of a maguey plant
Depiction of the goddess Mayahuel
Codex Mendoza, an early 16th-century manuscript, showing Aztec elders and pulque in a vessel (lower center)
Tequila
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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
Pulque
…made by fermenting the sap of certain types of maguey (agave) plants. In contrast, mezcal is made from the cooked heart of certain agave plants, and tequila is made all or mostly from the blue agave. About six varieties of maguey are best used for the production of pulque. The name pulque is derived from…
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.
A jimador or a worker who harvests the agaves and cuts off the sharp leaves