Tequila is a liquor made from the blue agave plant.
Agave tequilana , commonly called blue agave or tequila agave , is an agave plant that is an important economic product of Jalisco , Mexico , due to its role as the base ingredient of tequila , a popular distilled beverage . Tequila . Although tequila is similar to mezcal , modern tequila differs somewhat in the method of its production , in the use of only blue agave plants , as well as in its regional specificity . The red volcanic soil in the surrounding region is particularly well suited to the growing of the blue agave , and more than 300 million of the plants are harvested there each year .