Part one of term paper
Although thought to be mostly a coarse drink made from the Mexican or Blue Agave plant, tequila and other products of the agave plant have a major economic impact on Mexico and are used in many applications throughout the world. The agave plant has been used in Mexico for thousands of years but the distillation process used to make tequila w ...

Part two of term paper
... for a period of several years. However the plant itself is very resilient and can survive in very hostile low water conditions. The agave's flowers however may reach up to 20 ft. and grow very rapidly. The plant is harvested by cutting of the top of the flower shoot and collecting the sap. One plant may yield as much as 1000 liters of sap in optimal conditions. This is the pulgue sap that is fermented to make mescal (the national drink of Mexico) and later distilled twice and aged to make tequ ...