| Modern tequila production often uses large autoclaves to steam the agave pina instead. |
| The blue agave is no longer a wild plant, but rather a carefully cultivated cash crop. |
| Tequila is not made from cactus, but from the agave plant, a relative of the aloe. |
| Maguey is a kind of agave with succulent leaves and a sharp thorn on the tip. |
| Grow thorny plants like agave, barberry, cactus, Natal plum, and yucca under rear windows. |
| They are the raw material from which tequila is made, the pared hearts of the blue-tinged agave cactus. |
