How To: Make $5 Tequila Taste Like Patron

How To: Make $5 Tequila Taste Like Patron
What would come to mind if someone told you they knew of a substance that, and I quote, “would make cheap tequila taste like Patron?”

Aside from fantasizing about many, many taste-numbing shots of cheap tequila, magic, Harry Potter and much enhanced frat parties, I think you'd want to know what the secret is. The answer, surprisingly, is a berry.

Franz Aliquo tells the New York Times about the Miracle Fruit, a berry that actually rewires your taste buds and makes sour and bitter foods taste sweet for an hour after consumption. At Aliquo’s Miracle Fruit party, guests found that after consuming the berry, limes tasted like candy, vinegar resembled apple juice, and goat cheese tasted like cheesecake.

What this bizarre and magical fruit can do for the realm of college parties is amazing—imagine a world where Natty Light filled kegs will taste like the finest Stella Artois and barely defrosted chicken wings will melt on the tongue like filet mignon. Mmmm…. 

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