A MAN is insisting his friends dislike tequila because they have not had the ‘good stuff’, not because it is irretrievably vile regardless of cost.

Joshua Hudson, 33, claims that the spirit has a rich and complex flavour that needs to be savoured, despite all his friends having tried it before and deciding they do not have a taste for drain cleaner.  

Hudson’s girlfriend Lucy Phipps said: “Whether Josh gets a cheap bottle from Lidl or spends a fortune getting it shipped from Mexico, the result is the same: activating my gag reflex.

“He keeps banging on about buying ‘sipping tequila’, as if that makes it better. I’d argue the best way to drink it is to get it over with in one agonised gulp with a f**kload of salt and lemon, both of which are pretty nasty in themselves.

“Josh thinks liking tequila makes him special and interesting, like when he got into butter churning, or the time before that when he went on a taxidermy course and stuffed a squirrel.

“Honestly, I’d rather go through the experience of watching him gut a rotting rodent again. It would be less disgusting than having to drink this pisswater.”

Hudson said: “I’m sure Lucy will come to appreciate this wonderful drink. As any tequila lover knows, it gets a lot easier to gag down after about half a pint.”