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Perhaps Costco really does explain everything around us

Recent allegations may show that Costco’s prices may be a bit too good to believe and call into question the purity of tequila. Is nothing sacred?

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Max
Nov 07, 2025
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Building on last week’s Spirit Lives, this just in from Mezcalistas: Costco implicated in adulterated tequila scandal. Here’s the key quote:

According to the lawyers, the plaintiff has proof that Kirkland Signature Añejo Cristalino is adulterated with cane sugar–so much so that it can’t be qualified as a mixto. By Mexican law, this means that it is not a…

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