Zafiro Anejo | Buy

The tequila bottle sat on the mahogany desk like a piece of high-priced architecture. It was , the legendary "blue sapphire" of the spirit world—a bottle defined as much by the jagged, crystalline stopper as the liquid gold inside.

"The buy was the easy part," Elias finally said, the cork giving way with a soft, expensive pop . "It’s the drinking that’s going to cost us."

(e.g., celebration, a peace offering, a high-stakes heist)