GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Mexico’s sprawling blue fields of agave — a cactus-like plant used to make tequila — have been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Residents of Mexico’s mountainous ...
As anyone who loves tequila will tell you, the more you know about distilled agave spirits, the more you want to learn. Versions of wild agave spirits have existed for centuries, but tequila’s ...
The jimadors are using their coas, long poles with a razor sharp circular blade on the end, to slice off the stiff, spiny leaves of the Blue Weber agave plants (Agave tequilana) like they’re made of ...