tahona
Tahona refers to a large circular stone wheel used in traditional milling processes. Historically, tahonas were employed in sugar cane mills to crush fresh cane and extract juice, which was then boiled to produce sugar, molasses, or syrup. The wheel is set in a trough and rotated by animals or early machinery; as it turns, it grinds the cane against a fixed bed, pressing out the juice.
In tequila production, a tahona designates a traditional method for extracting agave juice. A tahona wheel,
Etymology: The term tahona comes from Spanish, referring to the large millstone or wheel used in traditional
See also related terms such as molino, millstone, sugar cane milling, agave processing, and tequila production.