Cattle, colonisation and cacti are the few ingredients that flavour the heady journey of Maya Pistola Agavepura — the trippiest new spirit in Mumbai. Sitting in a Lower Parel speakeasy, as we sip on the smooth 100-per cent agave spirit, brand ambassador Kimberly Pereira unravels one of the many legends that surround wild agave Americana — the plant used to craft agave spirits. “Agave Americana grows abundantly in the Deccan Plateau. Legend has it that it arrived here with Queen Victoria. It was used to line either side of the railway tracks to keep cattle away,” she shares. 

Agave Americana