Analysis of the applied use of the Miske-Agave in San Antonio de Pichincha of the Quito canton in Ecuador

Abstract

The objective of this article was to carry out an analysis of the use and applications of agave, consequently, it was verified which products are obtained by extracting the sap of all the products obtained, the one with the greatest impact is obtaining the miske distilled beverage. The parish of San Antonio de Pichincha, located in the northern part of the Metropolitan District of Quito, is known because they made a drink called "Tzawar Mishqui". The variety found in Ecuador is known as American agave or black penco. This analysis collected and recorded information regarding the practices of the miske extraction and production process in the area where a project applied to the rescue of ancestral preparations was carried out. made from the black penco, ancestral knowledge, practices and uses (lost, existing and new) around the plant were also identified, as well as the production process of miske as a distilled and spirit drink, currently awarded and recognized as one of the best in the world, the parameters met to obtain the Denomination of Origin (D.O.).