Tequila is just fermented cactus juice.
Tequila is like any other liquor and the result of 'mechanized' farming techniques.
Like any other liquor, Tequila is distilled once.
"Raw" tequila has a golden color. The best stuff is clear because it is pure.
The first tequila distillery was founded by the Spanish conquistadors.
Tequila is product of South America.
The name tequila is a yaqui Indian word meaning truth. Didn't Don Juan teach Carlos Castenada about life through the hazy vapors of mezcal tequila?
It's a peasant drink. Hell, there's no damn regulation to ensure quality.
It's all a bunch of hooey. There are really only two classes of tequila, boy, clear and yeller! Don't let nobody tell you different.
Silver tequila ain't never worth drinking.
Real Mexicans only drink gold-colored tequila!
Hell, gold tequila is gold tequila... all the rest is just pretentious crap. Drink up.
It's just like moonshine. Aging it only makes it worse.
Tequila's a cheap drunk. You can buy the best of it for peanuts.
I've got a bottle of tequila that's 20 years old. It's worth thousands.
I've got a bottle of 1987 Tequila, that was the best year there ever was.
The only way to drink tequila is to knock it back as a shooter.
Tequila's got that icky worm in the bottle.
There ain't no such thing as a tequila tasting. You just pour and drink.
I invented the Margarita right here in this very bar about 20 years ago.

THE MYTH:
Tequila's a cheap drunk. You
can buy the best of it for peanuts.

THE TRUTH:
Añejo ("aged" from año, or
"year") tequilas are the apex
of the product category. This,
the fourth classification, is finest
"sipping" liquor. You pay a
premium for the privelege. Añejo
tequila lives in oak barrels for at
least a year, maturing into a
balance of the sweetness you
naturally find in agave sugar with
the stronger, tannic qualities of oak.
The natural amber of añejo tequila
comes from the old whiskey barrels.
Premium añejo tequila can cost you
$20-$30 per bottle,while Superior
Premiums can set you back $35 to
$50 per bottle. Beware that some
lesser qualities can cost evenmore,
but you're merely paying for the
expensive packaging, fancy bottle,
elaborate marketing. If it's añejo,
made in Mexico from 100% agave,
then it doesn't matter too much
what the bottle looks like.