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Agabe Tequilana Productores Y Comercializadores
Pictures from Tequila Distillery - Jesus Maria, Jalisco, Mexico

cooked agave hearts in adobe oven - agabe tequilana
unloading cooked agave hearts from adobe oven - agabe tequilana
cooked agave hearts in adobe oven - agabe tequilana
raw agave hearts - horno - adobe oven - agabe tequilana
Unloading cooked agave hearts from the horno
Workers move cooked agave hearts from oven.
Cooked agave hearts ready for crushing
Raw agave hearts, cut in half, are loaded into ovens.

cooked agave hearts in adobe oven - agabe tequilana
raw agave hearts - horno - adobe oven - agabe tequilana
hacha - axe or hatchet used to harvest agave
The juice of the cooked agave
has a nice sweet taste
Raw agave hearts, cut in half, are loaded into ovens.
Hacha - axe or hatchet used in the harvest of agave hearts.

a jimador sharpens his coa cut agave plants
jimadors work in the fields cutting agave plants
1921 tequila is bottled and labeled by hand at agabe tequilana
1921 tequila is bottled and labeled by hand at agabe tequilana
A jimador sharpens his coa cut agave plants.
Jimadors work in the fields trimming the leaves (pencas) from agave plants.
Bottling, labeling and packing is done by hand at the distillery in Los Altos.
Raw agave hearts, cut in half, are loaded into ovens.

hacha - axe or hatchet used to harvest agave
wax seals on bottles of 1921 tequila at agabe tequilana
horno - adobe oven - agabe tequilana
An old tahona, no longer used, still remains in the processing area.
Bottles of 1921 Tequila are dipped, by hand, into hot wax to ensure a well sealed bottle.
Raw agave hearts sit to the side of a working adobe oven as others cook.


Agabe Tequilana Productores Y Comercializadores, S. A. de C. V.
Rincon De Los Ahuehuetes 123, Col. Rinconada Del Sol
C.P. 45055. Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Tel: 3-124-3506
NOM 1079 | DOT 118
http://www.agabetequilana.com/


Mexico - Last Revision - 04 November 2007 - jat