This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Honeybees usually collect nectar, pollen, or both from the following sub agave for honey of plants, which are called honey plants, for making honey. All the plants of this family are found in the tropics and subtropics.
This plant is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping. This plants is usually an excellent choice for beekeeping. All the plants of this family are found mostly in the tropics or subtropics. All the plants of this family are found only in the neotropics. All the plants of this family are found in the neotropics. Not to be confused with mescaline.
Traditionally the word “mezcal” has been used generally in Mexico for all agave spirits and it continues to be used for many agave spirits whether these spirits have been legally certified as “mezcal” or not, and it is also considered a drink of artisan origin. Agaves or magueys are endemic to Mexico and found globally. Mexican state of Oaxaca, but is now produced and commercialized throughout Mexico for the national and international market. Native fermented drinks from maguey plant, such as pulque, existed before the arrival of the Spanish. In Mexico, mezcal is generally consumed straight and has a strong smoky flavor. Despite the similar name, mezcal does not contain mescaline or other psychedelic substances. The agave was one of the most sacred plants in pre-Spanish Mexico, and had a privileged position in religious rituals, mythology and the economy.
Cooking of the “piña”, or heart, of the agave and fermenting its juice was practiced. The origin of this drink has a myth. It is said that a lightning bolt struck an agave plant, cooking and opening it, releasing its juice. Vino de coco rapidly became highly popular in Nueva Galicia, particularly in the mining towns. By the early 1600s, the Spanish colonial government and the Real Audiencia in Spain banned vino de coco and issued an order for the destruction of coconut plantations in Colima because it competed with the sales of imported spirits from Spain. The production of mezcal moved from the coastal river basins of the Río Grande de Santiago to the inland ravines by the early 1700s to evade the prohibition on spirits production, as well as to take advantage of the larger numbers of wild agave plants in the interiors. By the mid-1700s, the production of vino de coco had ceased completely due to the prohibition and the loss of coconut plantations.