Tequila, Part 1

Last weekend, we visited Tequila, a small town about two hours outside of Guadalajara. The town was named after the drink, not vice versa. Tequila is made from the blue Agave plant using techniques introduced by the Spaniards in the 16th century. The indigenous peoples knew about the Agave plant, but the modern tequila is made with European distilling techniques. Outside Tequila there are fields of agave for miles. After the Agave is harvested, everything is cut off until only the stump remains. To learn how tequila is made, we took a tour of the Jose Cuervo factory....