Producing organic alcohol and a tequila-like liquor from Agave americana L. (Asparagaceae subfam. Agavoideae / Agavaceae) at Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: challenges to establish an industry based on a naturalised, alien succulent

Gideon F. Smith

doi:10.25223/brad.n35.2017.a3

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Gideon F. Smith^1,2,*

¹1. Department of Botany, P.O. Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 603
²2. Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001 -

^*Photographs by the first author

Abstract

Initiated in the 1990s, and coming into production in the early 2000s, organic alcohol and a tequila-like liquor, ‘Agava’ was produced from Agave americana L. (Asparagaceae subfam. Agavoideae / Agavaceae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa for about six years. Although the drink, initially called ‘Spirit of the Blue Agave’, only later ‘Agava’, appeared on the shelves of liquor stores in parts of the country from 2002 to 2008, the industry was not successful. The history of this short-lived venture is documented.

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Gideon F. Smith "Producing organic alcohol and a tequila-like liquor from Agaveamericana L. (Asparagaceae subfam. Agavoideae / Agavaceae) at Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: challenges to establish an industry based on a naturalised, alien succulent," Bradleya 2017(35), 15-32, (1 August 2017). https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n35.2017.a3

Published: 1 August 2017

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