Agaves require a semi-dry climate with average temperature of 22 ° C, usually at an altitude between 1,500 and 2,000 meters.

Soil conditions: clay, permeable and abundant in elements derived from basalt and the presence of iron, preferably volcanic.

It is very important sun exposure, and there shouldn´t be more than 100 cloudy days a year, and preferably only 65.

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When the agave starts to mature, it will use all the sugar it has been storing for years to sprout its flowering stalk called the quiote. 

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The agave can weight as much as 50 Kilograms

(or more)