worker splitting in half blue agave plant hearts in tequila distillery

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A worker at the Jose Cuervo distillery in the town of Tequila, Mexico split hearts of the blue agave cactus plants that are used in the making of Mexico’s iconic drink. Tequila was originally a beverage of working class men but like other liquors has undergone gentrification. It has it’s own designation limiting production to the states of Guanajuato, Michoacán, Nayarit, and Tamaulipas. In the United States it is drunk in a single gulp - because in old, stereotypical western movies that's how mustachioed, pistoleros did it. Mexicans on the other hand like to sip and savour their tequila.

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Size: 5580px × 3150px
Location: Tequila, Mexico
Photo credit: © Frank Nowikowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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