Tequila originated in Mexico and is made by distilling the blue agave plant. It was first produced in the 16th century when Spanish conquistadors ran out of brandy and began distilling agave. Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle is known as the "Father of Tequila" for beginning mass production at the first tequila factory in Jalisco, Mexico. Tequila is aged for varying lengths of time - añejo is aged at least one year while muy añejo is aged two to five years. Tequila has a long shelf life and is commonly consumed straight or in cocktails with salt and lime.

2. • distilled from fermented mash
primarily from plant AGAVE TEQUILA
WEBER, with or without additional
fermented substance named Swedish,
Botanist CAROLUS LINNAEUS.
• made from blue agave plants
(TEQUILANA WEBER) grown in
Tequila, Mexico.

3. AQUA TEQUILANA WEBER

4. Tequila was first produced in the 16th
century near the location of the city of
Tequila.
Aztec people had previously made a
fermented from beverage from agave
plant.
When the Spanish conquistador ran out
of their brandy, they began to distill
agave to produce North American’s first
indigenous distilled spirit.

5. •Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle
- was a Spanish aristrocrat
- known as “The Father of Tequila
- began mass-producing tequila at the
first factory in the territory of
modern-day Jalisco

6. • Don Cenobio Sauza
- founder of Sauza Tequila
- was the 1st to export tequila to
the United States

7. The heart or base of the agave plant, often
weighing between 75-150lbs contains what the
disteller calls the sap or the AGUAMIEL (honey
water). The 1st plant split in half, and then steamed
until the starchy turns a mushy brown color.
The pulp is shredded and crushed to extract
the juice. The juice is added with cane sugar
or either sugar, yeast and fermented for 2-
3days.

8. Distilled, redistilled in post stills, between 104-
106 proof. Filtered through charcoal.
Bottled or aged for 1-7years.

9. ANEJO - is tequila that has been aged for
a minimum of 1 year in oak barrel

10. MUY ANEJO – is tequila that has been
aged for 2-5 years.

11. PALQUE
a milky white alcohol
beverage fermented from the
juice or agave plants which was
enjoyed for centuries before the
art of distilling came to Mexico
from Spain

12. Crema De Tequila / Almendroda
-is a liqueur mixed with almonds

13. long extremely long shelflife
react to direct sunlight
can be drunk straight or can be mixed
with cocktail
drink with salt and lime