Undercooked agave has a lighter color (raw looks similar to jicama or sugarcane), isn't very sweet, and is watery. Overcooked agave is syrupy, a little bitter, and doesn't contain much liquid at all.

For years, California farmers have seen some of their crops struggle amid the impacts of drought and climate change. Many have sought out more resilient plants that don’t need a lot of water — like ...

Agave Syrup Market Size To Reach USD 271.45 Million By 2031, Driven By Clean-Label Demand And Plant-Based Sweetener Trends.

First, there was tequila, then mezcal, sotol, and banana. The agave spirits guide is always being edited because, frankly, there are so many of them coming in and out of fashion. And it turns out they ...

MURRIETA, Calif.MURRIETA, Calif. — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade ...

Inside Look is a Fresno Bee series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Fifty years ago, when Jack Woolf and his family founded ...

It’s rare to be handed a menu these days that doesn’t include an agave-based cocktail — like a margarita, made with tequila — but often two or three, some even substituting the smokier mezcal as the ...