Guadalajara (VIII) - Tequila, Mexico (January 2024)

Tequila is an alcoholic beverage well known for drinkers. It is a Mexican spirit and it originated from the Town of Tequila. We took a public bus to get there and walked around the town. 

Mexico produces many kinds of Mezcals made from agaves. Among all Mezcals, Tequila is made only from blue agaves also grown only in five states including Jalisco. 

Museo de Tequila - The Town of Tequila has a museum that shows the history of Tequila. I have seen the manufacturing process else where, but it was a different perspective to read and see the contents at the museum.  

The Town of Tequila is a small and cute town. It has a relatively small church and a plaza before and behind the church. All shops are surrounding the plazas and many sales people for tourist programs were actively soliciting tourists.  Despite their solicitation, it was relaxing to stroll the town plaza. On the streets, many tourist vehicles of interesting shapes were roaming around with a loud music. It was a bit annoying, but understandable. 

Among many brands for Tequila, Jose Cuervo is the most famous and most popular. Reportedly, Jose Cuervo is supplying approximately 75% of the world's Tequila consumption. Jose Cuervo has a distillery plant in the Town of Tequila. I made a visit and the expensive Tequila brand was as high as US$3,000. 

The shops have many different types of souvenirs people can buy. 

The Town of Tequila has a huge area of fields where blue agaves are growing. We visited one of the fields before we reached Guadalajara in the Gate 1 Colonial Mexico Tour. Also, we already made a tour to one of the Tequila Distilleries so we skipped the Tequila tasting tour.  

It was a fun day to visit  the place of origin for Tequila drinks. - Jeffrey