My breakfast tea is sweetened with honey and any tea after dinner and before bed are sweetened with organic blue agave nectar. Is there any reason why my sweeteners should be adjusted?” ...

Waikulu Distillery owner Paul Turner stands in a Makawao field of blue agave plants Wednesday morning while describing the process of farming and distilling his premium agave spirit on Maui.

Once primarily used as a key ingredient in the production of spirits like tequila and mezcal, agave is now also thriving as an increasingly popular sugar substitute. It's sometimes heated and ...