Agave

About the raw material

The agave plant grows in tropical and subtropical dry areas, especially in the Caribbean and Mexico. The name means magnificent or excellent and that's exactly what the plant is - especially when it's in flower. The agave is a perennial herbaceous plant that has a short above-ground stem. The leaves of the agave are grouped in dense rosettes, in which the individual leaves are very fleshy, leathery, pointed and fibrous. The leaves contain a lot of reinforcing tissue so that they do not collapse under drought conditions.

Flowering of the agave plant takes many years, but when it flowers it will form a 2-8 metre tall inflorescence with many side branches and white or yellow flowers in a few weeks.