Aguamiel

Aguamiel is the sap of the Mexican maguey plant, believed to carry therapeutic qualities and used historically in Mexico as a medicine; it can also be fermented into the traditional beverage pulque. A single maguey plant can produce roughly 1,000 liters of sap over three to six months once its flowering stalk is cut, and the sap carries cultural significance in pre-Columbian Mexico tied to the maguey goddess Mayahuel and to its discovery during the Toltec period. In the United States, aguamiel was distributed commercially by the Agmel Products Corporation starting in 1910, later acquired by the Zonite Products Corporation in 1928, though its wider commercial adoption required later concentration techniques.