2006-12-18 11:57:33 · 13 answers · asked by lilangel 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
agave
2006-12-18 11:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by Becky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crushing the Agave
The “pina” after cooked has to be crushed to extract the juices or “mosto” which contain the short chain carbohydrates, also called fermentable sugars. Now days the “mosto” is extracted with special mills that will leave only dry strings (marrana), making the process very effective, but before a large round stone called “Taona” was used, workers would put the “pinas” in this circle and a mule or horse would pull the “taona” to crush the agave, another worker would take the juice and “marrana” with a bucket and then separated in the next step.
Tequila 100% of agave is produced only with the juices that are extracted from the “pinas”. Tequila is produced with 51% of the sugars from these juices and 49% with sugars derived from other sources like sugar cane. To distinguish one from the other is very simple, Tequila 100% of agave has to say in the label “Tequila 100% de Agave” and the other says only “Tequila”, some people will call this last one mixto.
2006-12-18 12:24:33 · answer #2 · answered by moose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tequila by law has to be at least 51% Blue Agave to be called tequila. The better brands have 100% Blue Agave.
there are hundreds of types of agave. Other types are used in Mezcal.
yellowkay: along with Jalisco tequila can also come from areas in the states of Guanajuato, Nayarit, Michoacán, and Tamaulipas.
Traditional and better distillers roast the agave pinas in furnaces called "hornos". Larger and more modern distilleries use huge steam ovens to increase output and save on energy.
2006-12-18 12:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by Brooke B B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its steamed from the meat of the agave plant. The agave, specifically the blue is what make tequila so good.. To be a real tequila, the drink has to be from a blue agave plant, grown in jalisco's tequila region and steamed not oven baked which is what separates it from mescal.
2006-12-18 12:40:50 · answer #4 · answered by yellowkayak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-18 12:00:44 · answer #5 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its extracted from agave but the best tequila is extracted from blue agave.
2006-12-18 14:51:56 · answer #6 · answered by locoboi23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Aguave cactus...and just like "Bourbon" is only what is made in Bourbon County, KY, Tequila is only made in the town of Tequila, Mexico...
2006-12-18 12:09:04 · answer #7 · answered by purplepinkanddots 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aguave plants
2006-12-22 09:00:48 · answer #8 · answered by creeper19792002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tequila is fermented blue agave nectar that is then distilled.
2006-12-18 12:01:04 · answer #9 · answered by Boinggg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is fermented agave cactus juice mmmmmmmm
2006-12-18 11:59:28 · answer #10 · answered by lumberman57 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋