Paloma

Name: Paloma
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz Blanco Tequila; 0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice; Grapefruit Soda to top; Grapefruit wedge (garnish, optional); Salt rim (garnish, optional)

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Tequila, grapefruit, and a pinch of salt.

SummerCitrusyRefreshingClassic

3 minEasyBalanced

Tart and bittersweet, with grapefruit's edge leading and fresh lime sharpening it further. Blanco tequila's clean agave bite runs underneath, and a salted rim pulls the whole thing into focus. Fizzy, dry, and thirst-quenching — a drink built for warm afternoons.

Ingredients

2 oz Blanco Tequila
0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Grapefruit Soda to top
Grapefruit wedge · optional garnish
Salt rim · optional garnish

Method

1
Rim a highball glass with salt and fill with ice.
2
Add the tequila and lime juice.
3
Top with cold grapefruit soda and stir gently.
4
Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.

The Story

Ask a Mexican bartender for their most popular tequila drink and the answer is rarely the margarita — it's the Paloma. "The dove" pairs blanco tequila with tart grapefruit soda and a squeeze of lime over a salted rim, and it has quietly been the everyday tequila cocktail of Mexico for generations. Simple, bittersweet, and endlessly refreshing, it lets good tequila breathe rather than masking it.

Glass · Highball glassGarnish · Grapefruit wedge, Salt rim

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