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Agave Photo Gallery - Page One

Digital Images and photographs of Agave plants related to making tequila.

agave hearts (piñas) ready to be cooked
baby agave plants (hijuelos) ready to be planted for a new harvest
blue agave plants in the fields in amatitan, jalsico
Agave hearts (piñas)
ready to be cooked
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Baby agave plants (hijuelos)
ready to be planted
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Blue agave plants in the fields
in Amatitan, Jalsico
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agave pencas or leaves
agave hearts (piñas) ready to be cooked
baby agave plants (hijuelos) ready to be planted for a new harvest
agave hearts (piñas) in front of autoclave at hacienda la capilla
Closeup of Agave Pencas or leaves.
October 2007
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Agave hearts (piñas)
ready to be cooked
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Agave plants (hijuelos) ready to be planted
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Agave hearts (piñas) in front of autoclave at Hacienda La Capilla
October 2007
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raw agave hearts at tequila partida - amatitan, jalisco
agave piñas or pineapples stacked in front of an oven waiting to be cooked
cooked agave hearts in adobe oven - agabe tequilana
cooked agaves cool in the adobe oven for 24 hours
Raw agave hearts (piñas) are cut in half prior to being placed in stainless steel autoclaves for cooking. Fabrica Familia Partida
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Agave piñas or pineapples stacked in front of an oven waiting to be cooked at La Cofradia in Amatitan, Jalisco, Mexico
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Cooked Agave Piñas
ready for shreading andprocessing.
Agabe Tequilana
October 2007
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Cooked agave hearts will cool inside the adobe oven for about 24 hours
May 2005 -
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cooked agave hearts (piñas) in fron of a traditional stone oven
cooked agave heart before it is crushed and processed
a portion of the cooked agave heart
Cooked agave hearts (piñas) in front of a traditional stone oven.
May 2005 - DSC_1139
Cooked agave heart before
it is crushed and processed
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A portion of the cooked agave heart showing the color and fibers. Destiladora de Los Altos in Arandas. October 2007 - DSC_3196 - D2X

raw agave hearts - horno - adobe oven - agabe tequilana
cooked agave being loaded into crusher
agave pulp on conveyor to extract the juice
agave pulp on conveyor to extract the juice
Raw agave hearts and adobe oven or horno
Agabe Tequilana
October 2007
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Workers put the cooked agave hearts into a crusher by hand
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Shreaded agave pulp is placed on a conveyer belt to the juice extractor
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Shreaded and crushed agave pulp moves to the juice extractor
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blue agave fields - atotonilco el alto, jalisco
agave pencas or leaves
blue agave fields - atotonilco el alto, jalisco
Blue agave field at the entrance of the Los Altos distillery Tequila Quiote
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Closeup of Agave Pencas or leaves on plant near Arandas, Jalisco.
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Blue agaveplants at entrance of Los Altos distillery Tequila Quiote
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Mexico - Last Revision - 02 November 2007 - jat