If you're shooting your tequila with salt and some lime, you're far from alone. But does it really improve the taste of the drink? Here's what you should know.

This salt is also found in the sun-flower, tobacco, and other plants. The suits of lime occur in solution in almost all waters : thus the river, spring, and well water, in this vicinity ...

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