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| Type | Alcoholic beverage |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Agave Industries (India) Private Limited |
| Introduced | 2011 |
| Alcohol by volume | 40% |
| Website | desmondji |
DesmondJi is a brand of alcoholic beverages manufactured by Agave India, founded by Desmond Nazareth.[1][2][3]
It provides Indian agave spirits,[4] artisanal sugarcane spirit,[2] mahua spirit and mahua liqueur as well as orange liqueurs.[5]
DesmondJi launched India's first agave-based liquor in April 2011, in Goa.[6] It is made from semi-wild agave growing on India's Deccan Plateau and produced at Agave India's micro-distillery that's located in the Chittoor district (present day Annamayya district) of Andhra Pradesh.[4][7]
Pure Cane, made from sugarcane was released in 2013 and was the second category of spirits launched by DesmondJi.[8]
In 2018 DesmondJi launched mahua spirit and mahua liqueur made from the flowers of the mahua tree, that were sourced from the central Indian forest belt.[5]
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- ^ a b "Desmond Nazareth: Distilling Traditional Mahua To International Standards". Forbes India.
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- ^ a b "Indian tequila: one man's quest to perfect a national spirit". The Economist.
- ^ a b "Mahua: The Indian liquor the British banned". bbc.com.
- ^ "The long and the shot of it". Livmint.
- ^ "DesmondJi: Pioneering Agave Spirits in India". Bru Times News.
- ^ Doctor, Vikram (16 March 2013). "Indian liquor industry moves towards spirits made from authentic source materials". The Economic Times.