What is the whole point of squeezing lemon after taking a shot of liquor?
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What is the whole point of squeezing lemon after taking a shot of liquor?
The lemon reduces the amount you can taste of the tequila or prevent you from tasting the tequila. The reason it was done is that historically tequila was usually a very cheap, poorly made, bad tasting spirit, and you drank it to get drunk, not for flavor. This has changed a great deal, and now its quite easy to find exquisite sipping tequila.
I like tequila and I like to have it straight up so that I can feel the complexities of the spirit and appreciate the unadulterated. To me, fine tequila or mezcal should be sipped and savored. Like you do for a single malt or cognac, It speak for itself. Lemon just masks the raw flavor of poorly made tequila but sometimes it’s fun to follow traditions.