3. 1.INTRODUCTION
Mexican liquor, distilled from the fermented
juice of blue-green agave tequilana weber.
known as muguey or blue mezcal Mexico.
4. 2.PRODUCTION OF TEQUILA
Strictly regulated by the Mexican
Government’s rules and regular
inspections are carried out to ensure that
the rules are followed by the distillers.
5. STEPS OF TEQUILA PRODUCTION:
Agave tequilana plant is harvested manually
when they are 8-10 years.
agave’s leaves are pulled out to get the heart of
the fruit which called ‘pinas’, weighs
approximately 35-70 kg.
Pinas are cooked for 36 hours in traditional oven
and by steaming method for 12 hours.
The juice is transferred to vat and yeast is added
to induce the fermentation.
The first distillation produces ‘ordinaro’ which is
about 20% and second time producesTequila of
higher strength.
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12. 3.TYPES OF TEQUILA
Mxto (mixed) :
Distilled from wash obtained from a
monimum of 51% of agave tepuilana sugar
and maximum of 49% of other sugar.
100% agave :
This tequila has 100% distillate from agave
tequilana weber.
13. 4.SOME BRANDS OF TEQUILA
Agavero
CaboWebo
Patron
Carazon de agave
Chinaco
Gran Centenario
Jose Cuervo
Sauza etc.