Home of Tequila

As mentioned in a previous blog, Jalisco State is home to Tequila, both the town and the drink. In fact they have right of origin so only a few places are allowed to call the drink tequila. For those who don't know, tequila is the distilled alcoholic drink made from the blue agave plant (a type of cactus) grown in Mexico. Whilst in Guadalajara, we went to Tequila (the town) and toured a tequila factory and had a sample. Let's just say I won't be taking up tequila drinking any time soon.

Another interesting fact, the Mayans used the agave plant for a variety of uses - needles and thread, paper, shampoo etc. It seems it is a very versatile plant. Nothing appears to be wasted so they were the original recyclers.

Utensils used for harvesting the heart of the agave

Agave plants



Billboard looking back to Tequila and the Sierra Madre Mountains