aguamiel

plant sap

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Aguamiel is the unfermented, freshly gathered juice from several Mexican plants in the Agave genus. This sap, often referred to as "honey water," is collected from a basin-like cavity formed after the flower bud of a mature agave plant is removed. The cavity refills daily, yielding up to seven liters of sap that contains about 10 percent sugar.12

When aguamiel ferments, it becomes pulque, a cloudy, whitish alcoholic beverage with a sour, buttermilk-like flavor and approximately 6 percent alcohol content. Pulque has been produced in Mexico since before the time of Columbus and is a source of carbohydrates, amino acids, and vitamins.2

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It is made from fermented aguamiel (“honey water”), the sap of any of several species of the agave, or maguey, plant (often called century plant).
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It is made from fermented aguamiel (“honey water”), the sap of any of several species of the agave, or maguey, plant (often called century plant).
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