Tequila Salt and Lime: Why the Ritual Can Hide Good Tequila

The tequila salt and lime ritual is familiar for a reason: it turns a pour into a fast, repeatable experience.

I stood inside a brick horno (traditional stone oven) in Jalisco, watching agave piñas (the plant’s heart) roast for 72

Most people think tequila quality comes from aging. They look at extra añejo bottles and assume time in wood creates

You’ve seen it happen a hundred times. Someone orders tequila, grabs the salt shaker, and braces for impact like they’re

Walk into most liquor stores and you’ll see shelves packed with “premium” aged tequila. Extra añejo. Three years in oak.

That $200 celebrity tequila sitting behind your bar? It might come from the exact same distillery as the $40 craft

You’ve heard the terms—Highlands vs Lowlands tequila—but do you actually know what they mean? More importantly, do you know when

What most people don’t know about tequila is this: Tequila is not meant to taste like oak. Oak is not