Harvesting Agave (2/3) | How to Brew Mezcal and Tequila

In this second part of Mezcal and Tequila, Andy heads to the city of Tequila, Mexico and learns how to hand harvest his own agave for use in making tequila.
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Today, getting what you need is as easy as a trip to the store. From food to clothing, energy, medicine, and so much more, Andy George will discover what it takes to make everything from scratch. His mission is to understand the complex processes of manufacturing that is often taken for granted and do it all himself. Each week he’s traveling the world to bypass the modern supply chain in order to harvest raw materials straight from the source. Along the way, he’s answering the questions you never thought to ask.
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[@xyznihall]

So satisfying watching the people cut the leaves of the Agave.

[@arcticwolfac6844]

TimothyTomothy ikr!

[@kamui375]

timothytomothy idk why but the sound makes it better for me

[@bonecrusherdaddy9794]

Ikr

[@jendalvarez2144]

I know right

[@MultiSciGeek]

The fact that they have such a detailed culture around not only Mezcal, but around harvesting agave is really amazing. These trips are really interesting.

[@rish2891993]

Immense respect for that one shot I always thought was overpriced. Now I realise the price was justified.

[@kingofrivia1248]

tbf the money is going to the bar not the farmer

[@kingpink9920]

Man these guys work hard

[@amfoy5919]

And they probably don't get paid much for it either. Minimum wage there is about $4.50 a day.

[@premiumtrash5258]

Does anyone else find it so satisfying to just watch him cut the plant

[@Che8t]

I feel like you're down in Mexico like every other week for these videos. You're so underrated.

[@ArceneFira]

Che8t i assumed he made one trip and got everything he needed for several projects xD

[@chrism6904]

Mexico is filled with A LOT of hard workers.

[@The6698Clown]

It's so nice to see my parent's home state in this video. I've always wondered why people would ask where you or your parents are from, and it's because there's a lot of pride in one's origin. I'm definitely proud to have parents from Jalisco!

[@fedetalksstories1125]

I find the sound of the agave leaves being chopped oddly satisfying great vid keep up the good work greetings from Mexico my friend - Federico

[@ashleighlynch7718]

legit the coolest channel I've found.

[@andreasbringemeier3689]

This content literally gets no recognition for its efforts number wise.

[@user-yq1yq2hj4h]

i reckon he did a stellar job at cutting that agave

[@celsius2433]

Really helps put into perspective just how hard these jimadores work to harvest the agave needed to make mezcal/tequila.

[@unhumanized]

I feel like all three of these vids could have been one "longer vid" but I loved it regardless those guys put in so much work it's crazy

[@johnscoggins5696]

Dude did a good job cutting that thing up.

[@Skidmark0606]

22 years on just harvesting. Mad respect.

[@stevewells6199]

The guys here have the passion knowledge and enthusiasm to bring you Mexico's quality spirit enough to put a smile on anyone's face no matter what the price the agave plant itself takes its time to mature so make time to enjoy not by the shot by the glass dance sing and appreciate the effort involved until your buzzing with laughter Jalisco Mexico we honour you

[@ka.rljohnson]

These videos are really good! Something that I might not have been interested in you make interesting! Even better quality than most TV shows.

[@Hexilux]

I'm drinking tequila while watching this

[@raihanislam912]

Hexilux boi

[@jasminarrazola2592]

Awesome video man! It's awesome to see you learning and experiencing the many wonders of several cultures, including this one.

[@Chasingmew]

I love how at 4:39 they were all just standing and watching the white man work😂

[@chrisventura1881]

Them guys in the field work damn hard and I bet they're under paid too.

[@diegoarmenta9615]

the first white man to harvest the agave in mexico

[@SuperOhyeah12]

the first white man to harvest agave were the spanish lol

[@pedrosalvador1146]

SuperOhyeah12 yep, lol

[@xoloitzcuintle8150]

Diego Armenta 😂😂😂

[@raiyan3348]

the tables have turned

[@TheAvengerShadow]

The first "Gringo" you mean

[@erickonassis6310]

He put in work

[@AE-gl6cb]

Looks like hard work

[@thetruthfree]

You’re hired.

[@melissalomeli7726]

I don't know why I find a gavacho doing this kind of work entertaining lol

[@FidaAifiya]

and that's how you learn to respect tequila

[@Ericbryanmr]

"what's the name for the people who are harvesting them?" "Mexicans signore..."

[@raihanislam912]

Vlad Midan lnao

[@raihanislam912]

Vlad Midan lmao

[@gerardodias4807]

I love mexicoo

[@levidee9105]

You should have played the song tequila for the background music

[@jonathangauthier3549]

Hey Andy. I love HTME, but I'm personally not a fan of the mini series, multi-part episodes on how a product is made. I much prefer when I can explore the inner workings of a product from start to finish. Perhaps you might be able to find the time to salvage/collage the processes required in making various stoneware pieces to set a table, or restock your future shed with a series of tools? I remember seeing that many of your fired clay pieces and metal tools survived the unfortunate accident. Since I tend to play educational videos for long durations, I would be partial to longer run times. I also imagine teachers using your experimental archaeology as a learning tool in their classrooms; so longer videos would be a blessing to them as well

[@alexisacevedo924]

El mejor tequila del mundo para mi gusto y el mas consumido en Puerto Rico.

[@TwinRBX]

Hey! What’s coming next?

[@JohnLemon48]

I always go to Guadalajara for the airport

[@daveotuwa5596]

My brother told me the minimal boozing age in Mexico is XIV. Teens in that country consume mezcal and tequila. Americans wait 7 years later to consume such drinks.

[@terransage8857]

My favorite part of this is the jimadores staring at Andy like “what’s the white guy with a camera doing here?”

[@Christianpereyra2]

Jimadores stay strapped up

[@Alicezkyle09]

Filipinos seamen during Manila Acalpulco galleon trade introduced mexican how to distilled tequila and mezcal the old ways.

[@stealthtrees96]

What is the red in the pinya?

[@gabeitches8903]

I drove by tequila to go to Guadalajara and I honestly thought they really really liked tequila 😅

[@everythingbeyond3559]

When I first saw the agave I thought it was a giant pineapple

[@tonydanzl]

Herradura !

[@eps3154]

This is really cool but I still wish it were closer to the original format where he'd plant the agave, built the distiller, harvest wood for fire, or make other things from scratch in a year long process!!

[@angeldelacruz7254]

what's with the fire or smoke,,,is it for the mosquitos or perhaps to heat up their food??

[@freitag8387]

in my place, we the fiber of this maguey leaves to make ropes.

[@brettbrenner4106]

Me gusta

[@thottv7403]

My uncle grows agave he just sold it for millions of pesos it takes him 2 year to grow them

[@4sakennations205]

How come this was broken up into 3 parts like this?

[@htme]

It was originally going to be one long video, but the Wheat Beer episode received a lower than usual number of views, so we thought we'd try breaking it up in case the 18 minute length was scaring people away.

[@4sakennations205]

Cool

[@SAHarry]

+How To Make Everything love the vids

[@young_Garden]

gron.. good

[@nesq4104]

My back hurts watching this

[@VlogItVikas]

On which month they harvest agave can anyone tell me plz

[@pabloclemente4248]

Why were the making a fire at the end?

[@locuz220kid3]

We love javan rum

[@adamclark9253]

Looked easy to me

[@shroboy07]

What's with the fire in the fields?

[@htme]

+Jared S After their first morning shift, they burn some of the dried agave leaves to heat up their breakfasts before returning to work.

[@erikperez2463]

+How To Make Everything im sure theres a greater purpose like keeping away mosquitoes

[@JustNatax3]

Would definitely make the process of incorporating the dead leaves back into the soil quicker. The sheer amount of leaves might not decay that fast without burning some

[@gokulvaradan8781]

iTs all about putting in the time....

[@mitotv6376]

I think agave can be found in east timor

[@TheHollowBodiesBand]

Silvio Ximenes cultivated, maybe. But naturally the genus is endemic to the Americas. The centre of diversity by far is Mexico, with around 75% of all species.

[@fedorjmb]

WHATS THE NAME OF THAT SONG...someone please ....POR FAVOR EL NOMBRE DE LA MUSICA

[@hophilong4126]

Công dụng là j vậy mọi người

[@chungtrun5059]

Cây gì thế nhỉ?

[@arjen4120]

at the end of the video why did they make fires? to het rid of the leaves?

[@htme]

+Arjen Hartink They were taking their morning break and heating up their breakfast

[@arjen4120]

+How To Make Everything did not expect that.

[@pinalab]

Tortillas in a comal, beans, cheese, and chili... oh my! the best breakfast in the world!

[@RiseOfAnarchism]

Alí Piña Rocha no if you're in the field your cooking on brazas, on the embers

[@pinalab]

I do not think so! They have a comal or kind of, any piece of metal will do the work... Believe me I've been there...

[@humbertolopez5233]

Herradura alv 🙄💜

[@TealCheetah]

Thumbs up. Tho so far 1 n 2 felt a little choppy n short, I dunno.

[@paupascualrovira6934]

Tropico songs lol

[@RiseOfAnarchism]

I wonder how long he actually harvested the agave for, a couple minutes, an hour, all day?

[@carloscasillas2544]

My family is from tequila jalisco

[@poasttoasties6655]

so are you supposed to put the emphasis on the Z and not the C?

[@bandalagrandiosadeseattlem9749]

Mezcla oaxaca for life

[@reyreyes4164]

en mexico ay tantas cosas buenas por k estara tan chingao el pais

[@jithinkv6910]

I like to do that job

[@chaselistorti2290]

Satisfaction incarcerate

[@masterimbecile]

Wonder if the Spanish surname of Jimenez is related to jimador in any way.

[@christophernava2324]

masterimbecile for the spain originated surnames the "ez" at the end means that it's a surname belonging to some guy (or place) named "x" wich then they add the "ez", so it demostrate that you're an ancestor (or come from) that person (or place), for example: Hernandez surely was the family name of a guy back in 1400's Spain who was named "Hernan', or Martinez it's from some random dude named Martin back in 1500's. "Ez" demostrate a belonging to someone or some place (most of the time).To give you an awnser (while not being entirely sure about it). "Jimenez", should come from someone or some place who was called "Jime" or some close variation of that, wich you could be actually right thinking it could came from "jimador".

[@milobem4458]

These words are not related. Jimen-ez is a Spanish name that basically means "son of Jimeno" (like you said "-ez", means "son of"), where Jimeno was probably form of Simon (Hebrew) or Semen (Basque). Jima-dor comes from Nahuatl (Aztec language) word "jima" meaning "harvesting agave" with Spanish ending "-dor" meaning "doer".

[@jajwritersblock]

Why do the burn the leaves?

[@LoliKami]

nutrients for the next batch

[@boymcfacto5832]

Yo why’s Mexico not yellow?

[@sayaana8234]

Aduuh taneman riyah gebei apah kanak ?

[@thedrunkenfish5855]

Would love to plant some blue agave in my backyard so I can sip tequila &. Nod over to them with a silent thank you !

[@KiingShooter24]

El cojollo same as in dr

[@riadlotulibad5626]

Petani di sana kok keren2 ya penampilannya 👍

[@riadlotulibad5626]

Itu cikal bakal minuman alkohol tequilla

[@tuantanahcarztens3626]

Iya bro 👍🏼

[@juliosaucedo3047]

These guys work their asses off for like 120 pesos a day

[@jaysalvador3043]

It’s like a pineapple

[@jran2662]

As Donald Trump would say... *these here tequila plants are HUGE!*

[@manji3]

Hello sir, i am Manoj from India, i am preparing to start my own Tequila production company here, i want more information about the agave plant seeds availability and machineries for the production, could you please help me in this sir..? Please reply me, i am eagerly waiting for your reply 🙏

[@henddybatara4668]

i never drink tequila,can you explain how about the taste,i from indonesian

[@soeratien]

Enak atau tidak

[@henddybatara4668]

kamu salah nanyak aku orang indonesia,aku jg gak tau rasanya

[@aniken6877]

You must pay the premium to harvest there agave.

[@Meowing_cat22]

For me it looks like a giant pineapple 😅😅

[@prashantbhosale4590]

केतकाड

[@itstheoneandonlyme1344]

at first i thought .. daaaayyyum those are some big pineapples

[@harryboytupas7263]

Just recruit filipino people to do that kind of job,we are good for that job!

[@FUCKTrumpandBiden2024]

Working like a mexican

[@tomasarmendariz9426]

holy shit i know wherw that is

[@danielaalarcon7041]

Yolo use also es arte

[@ktan8]

Just a small feedback. Sometimes some sections of your videos are too quiet. e.g. 3:34 . Would be great to have some background music added. :)

[@accelerat0r747]

why the salsa music in the background ? that's so weird

[@ShaunDreclin]

no offense to your guide but subtitles would have been good lol

[@ADTheAwesome]

you must live up north if you think he's hard to understand

[@YourSuizo]

Aidan D Or not native English speaker, atleast for me that is the reason why it is though to understand him

[@kingpink9920]

I didn't think it was hard to understand him but some people struggle it's fine doe :)

[@davidonfim2381]

I'm from Mexico and I found it a little hard to understand in a couple of places...

[@trangnun6194]

Day la qua gi the

[@abelsalas1648]

You know if you're in Mexico when you see that Pemex gas station.

[@TuanPham-zl3ro]

Tận 260 em cơ á...tính bé trai chưa

[@santunugouda2250]

please sir aau mi gao my gao etina tri

[@rogeliocruz8941]

Es mucho caliente por la panza dice el gringo