Cocktail recipe
Paloma
Tequila and grapefruit highball.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Tequila Blanco
- 2 oz Grapefruit Juice
- 0.5 oz Lime Juice
- 2 oz Soda Water
- 1 piece Salt
Method
- If using the salt rim, moisten the highball-glass rim with lime and dip it in salt first.
- Fill with ice and add the tequila, grapefruit juice, and lime juice.
- Top with the soda water and stir gently.
Story
Mexico's most popular tequila cocktail at home, more so than the Margarita. Its origin is undocumented; it appeared once grapefruit sodas like Squirt reached Mexico in the 1950s. The name means 'dove', and no one knows why.