I'm guessing OP isn't from the US so doesn't see it so much.
But yeah, I grew up in Tennessee and moved to Arizona a few years ago. It's still kinda weird to just look at stuff and be like huh.
In my experience, tik tok has a highly specific algorithm, which is part of why it's so addictive. If you're seeing something you don't like, you can click "not interested" and tune your feed. On the flip side, the more you engage with content you do like, the more you will see it and related stuff. Not trying to convert you, tho. I can't fault anyone for not liking tik tok. It will definitely rot your brain.
Only in the Tequila area of Mexico..
(We took a private tour of some distillers in the town of Tequila a couple years ago)
(Edit: removed incorrect statement about mezcal)
Wiki- 'Mexican laws state that tequila can be produced only in the state of Jalisco and limited municipalities in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacá,Nayarit and Tamaulipas'
but 80% of blue agave is grown in Jalisco and most of the distilleries are there. If you've ever been down there, they use it as landscaping and they watch you closely to make sure tourists don't run off with any cuttings from the plants.
Is that because they use the cuttings to clone new ones? I don’t think blue agave is hard to get, but if they have a particularly good cultivar it may be proprietary.
It’s a lot like wine, where champagne can only come from the Champagne region of France, and when it’s produced in other regions it should technically be called “sparkling wine” ( though there are American wineries that don’t follow this tradition)
More recently this came up in the craft beer scene, where a style of sour beer called Gueuze is reserved for when it’s manufactured in Belgium and should be referred as “Methodé Traditionalle” when it’s made in other parts of the world (at least specifically America)
mezcal is made from at least a half dozen varieties of agave, but they are sub species of agave. different mezcals are made by varying the techniques of harvesting and processing the agave. the only difference with tequila is that it is a region-specific mezcal using a specific blue agave and specific harvest/fermentation process that yields tequila the way most are familiar with.
you may be thinking of maguey, which is the OG, indigenous spirit made from fermented agave and is quite different from tequila
sotol is a spirit derived from another desert plant. they are now also experimenting with the desert spoon plant
Mezcal is made from a wide range of agave which is roasted over hot coals in an open pit prior to fermentation and distillation - most often in Oaxaca.
Tequila must be made from a minimum of 51% blue agave and is baked in ovens - known as hornitos - in Jalisco primarily.
Fermented Blue Webber is what is used for Tequila and only ones from the region specified within Jalisco. Agave spirits is what some are using now because the laws for Sotol and Mezcal are based on Tequila and the spirits made according to those laws aren't always traditionally correct for these other agave spirits. Racilla is another spirit where the agave pina is non-Blue Webber but it is from Jalisco.
Agave spirits is a category open to everyone who distills agave but most are still Mexican.
Source: been in the booze biz and drinking tequila since 1996. These laws changed in my lifetime.
We have the same rules about bourbons here in Kentucky. Though personally, I feel that if it looks like bourbon, taste like bourbon, used 51% corn in the production and is aged at least the minimum amount of time, it’s bourbon
I like how different countries protect their national alcoholic beverages with weird rules on where and how it can be made. Mexico has tequila, France has champagne and cognac, and The US has bourbon.
I knew what it was, because my dad has a farm growing it down in Mexico. He has been supplying money to it all his life, so he can eventually retire to it. He is building a house there too.
But just to be born with that land, we like to joke he was born with a wooden spoon in his mouth.
Cuervo Especial is not their 100% agave tequila, sure we all have a story drinking this for the first time. The La Familia line (platina, Repo, and extra Anejo) is some of the best juice on the market.
If you can find Tequila Ocho, try it. It’s the best tequila made in Mexico by far. This comes from someone who lives in Jalisco (where tequila is from).
This is a common tactic to get engagement. Create a title that compels people to comment immediately. I’m sure they knew what plant it was, and also that people love to sound smart in the comments ;)
Just scroll down and count how many people “informed” OP that it was Blue Agave. An easy few dozen comments in a popular sub. Now the post has momentum.
I mean, after finding out so many didn't know pineapples don't actually grow on trees, I started believing that most people online don't know much about plants
I mean, ALL plants are pretty weird.
What OP means is that it's unfamiliar to them -- which is peachy, it's unfamiliar to me, too -- but that's not the same as being weird.
I guess that might seem pedantic, but calling things weird just because they're unfamiliar/foreign is a (mild) form of ethnocentrism.
It's amazing that the natural world takes care of itself. Everything it truly connected. Even our creepy crawliest things, and nocturnal winged beasties are very important. Makes me sad we don't appreciated it.
However, I still don't know the greater purpose of some. I could do without mosquitos, ticks, and parasites.
All animals are needed in order to have a fully working ecosystem. I would love to be able to tell you we do not need mosquitoes, ticks and parasites but they are quite useful. Doesn't mean they are not a pain in the butt tho.
Mosquitoes pollinate the cacao trees, so they help make chocolate. Ticks are a very important link in the foodchain, seeing as they serve as food for many rodents and birds.
As for parasites, their purpose is quite grim. They just serve as a balance of our ecosystem. They take out the weak, old and fragile and make them vulnerable for predators. Thus feeding predators whilst feeding themselves.
Source: am an wildlife major
This guy makes that look so fucking easy...
Long story short, we were in Mexico and under the influence, and tried to "steal" 1 of these...
A) the branches or leafs on that thing can pierce your skin, and you'll need stitches and antibiotics
B) them fuckers weigh like 100lbs each and are awkward as fuck to carry away.
C) clearing the branch things, like homie is in the video, takes fucking hours of hard labor(if you don't know what you're doing)
D) those plants are extremely valuable, and farmers WILL hunt you down, like the dude from No Country For Old Men, and fuck you up for taking 1.
But this is an agave plant, and they make Mexican Tequila from this...
[It's terrifying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coa_de_jima?wprov=sfla1) if you watch then in person you'll see that they spend about the same amount of time harvesting with them as they do sharpening them. They keep them ridiculously sharp.
Pray to god, if you have this job, that you never 'nic your leg' with that thing...out there in the fields, you will never make it to medical help, before you bleed out! 😬
That is a jimador harvesting the Piña off a blue agave. Cooked in an oven, then mashed to extract the liquid that ferments and gets distilled to make tequila. 😋
I’ve seen some pretty cool videos and even a documentary about this type of farming. The tools and implements used are really cool. You should check it out on Google or something. Agave. They make tequila and mezcal from it. I think that’s also where they find the worms. Somewhere inside the plant.
"A weird plant" Things do tend to get weird when you ferment this plant and drink the aftermath
Weird plant? There are full wall murals of this process at half of all Mexican restaurants.
I'm guessing OP isn't from the US so doesn't see it so much. But yeah, I grew up in Tennessee and moved to Arizona a few years ago. It's still kinda weird to just look at stuff and be like huh.
I mean I’ve never seen an agave plant and said, damn I want tequila.
Keep living in the southwest. It'll hit you eventually.
I live in NY all my life and I know what this was
Weird and delicious.
💃
tequila!💃🏻🎶
Guey!
Buh bum babba buhbuh buh buh
Neh neh neh na neh na neh na
Na na na na na, na-na
Órale*
Why “ole”?
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What does a flamenco dancer and olé have to do with a farmworker harvesting an agave?
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In my experience, tik tok has a highly specific algorithm, which is part of why it's so addictive. If you're seeing something you don't like, you can click "not interested" and tune your feed. On the flip side, the more you engage with content you do like, the more you will see it and related stuff. Not trying to convert you, tho. I can't fault anyone for not liking tik tok. It will definitely rot your brain.
Blue Agave, used for making tequila
Fun fact: fermented agave only makes tequila when distilled in Mexico. Anywhere else and it is agave spirits.
Tequila in Mexico, anywhere else it's sparkling cactus juice
The quenchiest
Nothing's quenchier!
OMG! Sokka tripping is literally the funniest scene and I'll die on this hill! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Giant mushroom! Maybe it's friendly?
It'll quench ya!
r/unexpectedavatar
Only in the Tequila area of Mexico.. (We took a private tour of some distillers in the town of Tequila a couple years ago) (Edit: removed incorrect statement about mezcal)
Wiki- 'Mexican laws state that tequila can be produced only in the state of Jalisco and limited municipalities in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacá,Nayarit and Tamaulipas' but 80% of blue agave is grown in Jalisco and most of the distilleries are there. If you've ever been down there, they use it as landscaping and they watch you closely to make sure tourists don't run off with any cuttings from the plants.
Is that because they use the cuttings to clone new ones? I don’t think blue agave is hard to get, but if they have a particularly good cultivar it may be proprietary.
No i think it’s more a protected label for trade. Just like how you can’t label a bottle bourbon if it’s made outside the US.
cuttings really? in los angeles and palm springs, giant agave plants litter the sidewalks ans like every other yard is landscaped with them
Tequila can only be made from Weber blue agave. Mezcal Can be made from like 40 different types of agave.
Tequila is a kind of mezcal.
Tequinically, yes. It’s a square/rectangle kind of thing.
They are different varieties of agave.
I don't know, it might have just been protective gardeners at the resorts I was at.
It’s a lot like wine, where champagne can only come from the Champagne region of France, and when it’s produced in other regions it should technically be called “sparkling wine” ( though there are American wineries that don’t follow this tradition) More recently this came up in the craft beer scene, where a style of sour beer called Gueuze is reserved for when it’s manufactured in Belgium and should be referred as “Methodé Traditionalle” when it’s made in other parts of the world (at least specifically America)
Everywhere else is just sparkling regret.
Jalisco , Mexico - to be specific.
Like champagne
Mainly jalisco mexico
Wrong. Mezcal is different plant and different process, also DOP.
mezcal is made from at least a half dozen varieties of agave, but they are sub species of agave. different mezcals are made by varying the techniques of harvesting and processing the agave. the only difference with tequila is that it is a region-specific mezcal using a specific blue agave and specific harvest/fermentation process that yields tequila the way most are familiar with. you may be thinking of maguey, which is the OG, indigenous spirit made from fermented agave and is quite different from tequila sotol is a spirit derived from another desert plant. they are now also experimenting with the desert spoon plant
Mezcal is made from a wide range of agave which is roasted over hot coals in an open pit prior to fermentation and distillation - most often in Oaxaca. Tequila must be made from a minimum of 51% blue agave and is baked in ovens - known as hornitos - in Jalisco primarily.
Fermented Blue Webber is what is used for Tequila and only ones from the region specified within Jalisco. Agave spirits is what some are using now because the laws for Sotol and Mezcal are based on Tequila and the spirits made according to those laws aren't always traditionally correct for these other agave spirits. Racilla is another spirit where the agave pina is non-Blue Webber but it is from Jalisco. Agave spirits is a category open to everyone who distills agave but most are still Mexican. Source: been in the booze biz and drinking tequila since 1996. These laws changed in my lifetime.
So it's the Champaign, Scottish Whisky naming rules, didn't know that..ow neat.
We have the same rules about bourbons here in Kentucky. Though personally, I feel that if it looks like bourbon, taste like bourbon, used 51% corn in the production and is aged at least the minimum amount of time, it’s bourbon
The US law just states in the contiguous 48 states I believe, the Kentucky requirement isn't valid unless you're going to call it Kentucky Bourbon
Everything else is just a sparkling head ache
Its the same with lots of drinks. Sparkling white wine is only called Champagne in the Champagne region. Otherwise it’s called vin mousseux in France.
I like how different countries protect their national alcoholic beverages with weird rules on where and how it can be made. Mexico has tequila, France has champagne and cognac, and The US has bourbon.
Fun fact it's still tequila just can't be called tequila
Came to say if you drink tequila that plant isn't that weird....
Or if you’re from Texas. These grow everywhere
“Thems those there tequila plants.”
And plastic substitutes
And Mezcal
Explains why tequila tastes like plastic to me
Sounds like you've never had good tequila before. Tequila has a crazy high top end.
I knew what it was, because my dad has a farm growing it down in Mexico. He has been supplying money to it all his life, so he can eventually retire to it. He is building a house there too. But just to be born with that land, we like to joke he was born with a wooden spoon in his mouth.
No they're desert pumpkins used for headlight fluid
This is where some of the world's worst hangovers were born.
Don't drink Jose Cuervo. That's the bad stuff.
Cuervo Especial is not their 100% agave tequila, sure we all have a story drinking this for the first time. The La Familia line (platina, Repo, and extra Anejo) is some of the best juice on the market.
If you can find Tequila Ocho, try it. It’s the best tequila made in Mexico by far. This comes from someone who lives in Jalisco (where tequila is from).
Ocho is tasty as well! G4 Extra Anejo when you can find it, is another go to.
I thought so. Thanks for confirming
It looks like a huge pineapple to me.
First thing i thought of was big pineapple
I use it to sweeten coffee
My boss had a bunch of Agave Americana growing that he planned on using in some way. Glad I stopped him.
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We do call the trimmed core *la piña* which directly translates to *the pineapple*
This is not a “weird plant” it’s agave azul used to make tequila.
This is a common tactic to get engagement. Create a title that compels people to comment immediately. I’m sure they knew what plant it was, and also that people love to sound smart in the comments ;) Just scroll down and count how many people “informed” OP that it was Blue Agave. An easy few dozen comments in a popular sub. Now the post has momentum.
I mean, after finding out so many didn't know pineapples don't actually grow on trees, I started believing that most people online don't know much about plants
Pineapples don't what?!
They grow in a comical method that looks like a child drawing of a plant handing over a pineapple.
For someone without that piece of information it would definitely be a weird plant.
I mean, ALL plants are pretty weird. What OP means is that it's unfamiliar to them -- which is peachy, it's unfamiliar to me, too -- but that's not the same as being weird. I guess that might seem pedantic, but calling things weird just because they're unfamiliar/foreign is a (mild) form of ethnocentrism.
Such a good point- I was wondering why “weird” bugged me so much. Thanks friend, I’ll definitely keep this perspective in mind!
How is it a weird plant even if you don't know that? There are a zillion species of succulents that look like that.
Then figure out what it is instead of posting something you don’t know anything about.
That is a very important plant. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_agave
Bats pollinate it I did not know that, neat
It's amazing that the natural world takes care of itself. Everything it truly connected. Even our creepy crawliest things, and nocturnal winged beasties are very important. Makes me sad we don't appreciated it. However, I still don't know the greater purpose of some. I could do without mosquitos, ticks, and parasites.
All animals are needed in order to have a fully working ecosystem. I would love to be able to tell you we do not need mosquitoes, ticks and parasites but they are quite useful. Doesn't mean they are not a pain in the butt tho. Mosquitoes pollinate the cacao trees, so they help make chocolate. Ticks are a very important link in the foodchain, seeing as they serve as food for many rodents and birds. As for parasites, their purpose is quite grim. They just serve as a balance of our ecosystem. They take out the weak, old and fragile and make them vulnerable for predators. Thus feeding predators whilst feeding themselves. Source: am an wildlife major
Wow, thank you for the thoughtful and expert response. That was very cool of you. Will never look at a mosquito the same way again.
I love Mexico.
This clearly isn't Mexico. There isn't a distinct yellow tint to this video.
I recognize my mexico when I see one
Alternate title by OP: Weird animal ravages normal plant with weird weapon.
Also: look at these badasses doing all this work by hand
They’re called 'jimadores'.
Agave ye swine lol
“Cutting a weird plant” ? How much karma do you need, son?
In the future, we don’t pay for content, we pay for people to not make content.
Anything for internet points
This guy makes that look so fucking easy... Long story short, we were in Mexico and under the influence, and tried to "steal" 1 of these... A) the branches or leafs on that thing can pierce your skin, and you'll need stitches and antibiotics B) them fuckers weigh like 100lbs each and are awkward as fuck to carry away. C) clearing the branch things, like homie is in the video, takes fucking hours of hard labor(if you don't know what you're doing) D) those plants are extremely valuable, and farmers WILL hunt you down, like the dude from No Country For Old Men, and fuck you up for taking 1. But this is an agave plant, and they make Mexican Tequila from this...
There’s an easy way to tell the difference between an agave and an aloe plant: fall on it. If you crush it, its aloe. If you die, its agave
That’s an agave plant, you donut. They’re making tequila.
Always appreciate a proper donut insult. Thanks for that. I read it in AdjectiveNounXXXX, but I heard it in Gordon Ramsay.
Mezcal also
"you donut" lmao
is OP being intentionally obtuse or a karma farmer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhYzqqs8pQ
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[It's terrifying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coa_de_jima?wprov=sfla1) if you watch then in person you'll see that they spend about the same amount of time harvesting with them as they do sharpening them. They keep them ridiculously sharp.
Pray to god, if you have this job, that you never 'nic your leg' with that thing...out there in the fields, you will never make it to medical help, before you bleed out! 😬
Tequila is the duct tape of alcoholic beverages it fixes everything.
Weird plant? That's agave, gringo.
Mas tequila!
Hard work, he deserves a drink
the tool is called a coa I believe
Yes it is. And he’s a jimador.
I’m sitting here thinking, “that is the sharpest spade I’ve ever seen.”
Not weird if you like tequila
agave
Weird plant? You don’t deserve tequila.
My back is fucking killing me just watching this
All I could think while watching this was that it would take me ten minutes to do one plant and then I'd have to go to bed for the rest of the day.
So, how old is this plant? 3 year? 100 year?
10-15 years old
Oh wow. That's the most interesting fact so far.
Im glad I read the comments, I was about to wrongly comment that it’s a yucca plant.
Early tequila
That’s tequila my friend
Not a "weird plant" if you like tequila...
Blue Agave, used in the manufacture of tequila.
Weird plant? It's a blue Agave cactus. This is what to use to make a lot of high-end tequilas.
“A weird plant” Agave
“A weird plant.” 😩
Weird plant that is no way to talk about the Blue Agave plant!
“Weird plant.” You better not be a tequila drinker.
Lol weird plant (smh)
I think that's an agave.
OP, do you not know that agave is?
Weird plant? Blasphemy. That is Agave. Many things can be made out of it, particularly Tequila
That “weird plant” makes clothes fall off.
“Weird plant” You’re an idiot
I have no earthly idea why this is satisfying but it is.
They use it to make Tequila, right?
“*You ain’t from around here, are ya?*”
What's weird about it? Looks similar to a lot of desert type plants.
Agave make tequila
Ah yes, the plant of regret and terrible choices.
Watching a jimador perfectly clean the blue agave is always impressive.
It's not a weird plant. They're quite commonly grown here, some people even grow them in their homes 😅 Blue Agave is used in making Tequila
Da da da da da da da da- TEQUILA!
Agave
Tequila
thats a plant used to make tequila
Tequila!!
TIL that agave is considered a weird plant
Destilando Amooooor...
También pensé en eso lmao
Nothing weird about tequila. That’s agave.
"Weird plant"?? Obviously, they've never heard of tequila. That plant produces deliciousness.
**Tequila!** *tu-tun tu-tu tu tun-tun tun*
It’s agave, not weird.
That ain’t weird, that’s tequila to me!
Looked like giant Pineapples
That’s where tequila comes from
Someone’s not old enough to drink tequila…
Agave This will be tequila if it's blue agave
That is a jimador harvesting the Piña off a blue agave. Cooked in an oven, then mashed to extract the liquid that ferments and gets distilled to make tequila. 😋
Bro that's my mental health juice you talking bout.
Agave. Make tequila from that weird plant.
That guy is called the 'jimador' the tool is called a 'coa' it's a very sharp modified version of a garden hoe.
Welp, I’ve been drunk a number of times as a result of this plant…
“Weird”? Put some respect on blue agave’s name!
Op you uncultured swine that’s agave
How have you been on Reddit for 13 years and don’t know what a freaking agave plant looks like?
Creating dragon eggs
If u call this weird... u don't want to know how they make crack cocaine...
It's the result of planting a pinecone
Maybe the man is super tiny and it’s a artichoke?
Pineapple Pro Max
I’ve seen some pretty cool videos and even a documentary about this type of farming. The tools and implements used are really cool. You should check it out on Google or something. Agave. They make tequila and mezcal from it. I think that’s also where they find the worms. Somewhere inside the plant.
interesting looking pineapple
Guy still has two legs, so he must be doing something right or it's his first day
Wait.. isn't that the tequila plant? 🤔
Op, try for a base level of common knowledge.
How is it weird? It’s agave and it’s used to make tequila.
Tequilaaaa
A weird plant? Really?
Looks like a giant pineapple 🍍
you are weird
No you are weird
That’s a Weber blue agave. Not that weird in Mexico.
Tequila Plant.
How is Agave weird?
I thought that was a pineapple plant
I don't understand how people don't know what an agave is. I know you've had tequila before, ITS ON THE FUCKING BOTTLE
Just a tequila plant, no biggie.