World Tequila Day

 

Ancient Origins: Agave in Mesoamerica

• Pulque, a milky, fermented drink made from the sap of the agave plant, was consumed as early as 1000 BCE by the Aztecs and other indigenous cultures in central Mexico.
• Pulque was used in religious ceremonies and was considered sacred, often consumed by priests and warriors.

 Spanish Conquest & the Birth of Distilled Agave (1500s)

• When the Spanish arrived in the 1500s, they ran out of brandy and began distilling pulque using European techniques.
• This led to the first distilled agave spirit—the precursor to tequila—likely around the mid-1500s in the Jalisco region.

Tequila Gets Its Name

• The spirit eventually took its name from the town of Tequila, in the state of Jalisco, where large agave plantations existed.
• The name "tequila" was officially recognized in the late 1800s.

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