A Question of Taste: Cristalino Tequila
This isn’t a court of law—it’s the spirits world, where judgment is constant and consensus is rare.
A Question of Taste is where we embrace the grey area, putting today’s most divisive drinks topics under the microscope. No definitive verdicts. No right answers. Just two well-informed sides, a splash of bias, and the freedom to disagree. This edition’s topic of conversation is Cristalino Tequila.
Is it a gateway to premium sipping or just tequila with all the good bits filtered out? For every fan of its polish, there’s a critic mourning what got stripped away and we’re here for both takes.
Still a Margarita
The Margarita is, without question, one of life’s most perfect cocktails. Sweet and tangy with a nice pop of salt from the rim of the glass, it has an almost chameleonic ability to thrive in any beverage niche. Served up or on the rocks? Whichever. Out of a slushie machine? Sure. You can elevate it to an art form and nurse it contemplatively in a high-end cocktail bar, or you can quaff it unceremoniously from a red solo cup while inhaling a food truck burrito. If it wouldn’t take much to convince you that there is a taco for every season, then surely, there’s a Margarita for every occasion.