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Travel Photography | Tequila Tour in Jalisco Mexico

Last month I took a week long trip to Mexico. I needed a vacation. What was originally suppose to be an even longer trip to Argentina turned more budget friendly to Mexico…..the idea of laying on the beach won over I guess. Javier and I hopped on a plane and flew into central Mexico, met up with family and started the long journey across the country to the Pacific ocean. To make the journey more entertaining (aka this gringa wanted to see some sites!) we stopped in the town of Tequila! Yes, it’s a town called Tequila and it’s filled with tequila! I imagined frolicking through fields of turquoise agave plants but it was more like a long walk through a very Mexican town and tequila factory. From past trips across western Mexico I have always thought the flowing hills of agave plants were so beautiful! But sampling many different types of tequila inside a factory was just as fun.

The factory worker took us through the long process of making the tequila. Let’s just say there is some chipping away at the plant, steaming it, letting it sit to get any bad bacteria out and then letting it age in a barrel. The last part of the tour was the best part. Samples! They had 5 jugs lined up at a table, each at a different age. Did you know that the longer it sits in a barrel the more dark and less potent it gets? The clear liquid on the far right (see image #5 below) was straight from the plant, no aging. It’s about 55 proof so it’s normally not sold. Can you imagine? The darkest and furthest to the left was 5+ years and it went down smooooooth. I had just a few small shots and I was feeling happy…….and then I bought two bottles. hahah And yes, you could even buy that big jug, no joke! When in Tequila right?

After the tour we went back to the center of town and stopped by a market for lunch. It was there that I got my chilaquiles that I had been craving. After the whole family was filled and content, we were back on the bright blue agave field roads and headed to Puerto Vallarta in exchange for the bright blue endless sea.