What Plant Makes Tequila 2024 Florida. Agave is a desert plant native to the americas, widely known as the base ingredient in tequila and the source of a popular white sugar alternative in the form of agave syrup. Alexander thompson discover the secrets behind tequila production, from harvesting blue agave to distillation.
Tequila’s aforementioned regulations have always allowed product to be sold as tequila if at least 51% of the sugars used in fermentation come from the agave plant. Here we get to our first stage of tequila production maturation:
