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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 M ....

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.... This is the pulgue sap that is fermented to make mescal (the national drink of Mexico) and later distilled twice and aged to make tequila. Some of the other products that are made with the sap include soap, tortilla flavoring, a chemical for stunning fish, a vitamin mixture for livestock, and a chemical to enhance the whiteness of the pulp in paper making. Agave is actually a monocot in the Sisal Family, Agavacae. There are 12 genera and 400 species that make all sorts of products from sisal hemp (rope like fiber) to medicines and drinks such as tequila and mescal. They are flowering plants that have rosettes of large succu ....