If you opt to celebrate National Tequila Day with a shot of rack tequila and a wilted slice of lime, you're not making the right life choices.

A fine tequila does not require you to lap up a rim's worth of Morton's salt for it to be palpable, nor does it need to be saturated with a sea of sugar-laden sour mix. On a day devoted to the agave-based spirit that keeps you going all night long (pause), do youself a solid and get aquainted with tequilas of a different class. Leave the gold-coloring behind, and embrace the next-level of no-salt-or-saccarine required tequilas. 

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