Claim: Tequila is a liquor made from the blue agave plant.
Evidence: 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.
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.