Agave’s Second Act

Our Agave Vinaigrette is made with Santa Sofia Premium Organic Agave Vinegar, a 100% agave vinegar produced in Los Altos de Jalisco. It's made using an agave byproduct created during tequila production, giving that ingredient another purpose through fermentation.

Big Flavor, Less Waste

That's what first made the ingredient interesting to us.

Food waste isn't always about what gets thrown away in a restaurant kitchen. It can also happen much earlier, during the production of the ingredients we use.

Santa Sofia takes something left from tequila production and turns it into a completely different ingredient: a bright, distinctive vinegar.

It's a good example of the kind of sourcing we look for at Two Step Taqueria. If an ingredient tastes great and makes better use of something that already exists, that matters to us.

Why It Works in Our Agave Vinaigrette

Of course, sustainability only gets an ingredient so far. It still has to taste good.

Agave vinegar gives our vinaigrette the acidity and brightness we want, along with a layered flavor that works especially well with our salads and bowls.

The result is a dressing with a purpose behind it, but one we chose first because it works on the plate.

Thoughtful Choices Add Up

We don't think one ingredient solves the problem of food waste.

But kitchens make hundreds of ingredient decisions, and those choices add up.

Using an agave vinegar made from a tequila-production byproduct is one small example of how we can think differently about what goes into our food while still putting flavor first.

Try our Agave Vinaigrette on your next salad or bowl at Two Step Taqueria.