Cocktail
Paloma
Mexico's favorite tequila drink.
- Glassware
- Highball
- Method
- build
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
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spirit
Unaged tequila distilled from blue agave. Bright, vegetal, peppery.
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fruit
Tart, bitter-sweet citrus juice. Beautiful with tequila and gin.
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fruit
Always fresh-squeezed. Sharper than lemon, essential to tiki and tequila drinks.
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syrup
Agave nectar thinned 1:1 with water.
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mixer
Plain carbonated water. Lengthens and lifts a drink without adding flavor.
Method
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Salt half the rim of a highball glass.
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Combine tequila, grapefruit, lime, and agave in shaker with ice.
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Strain into the highball over fresh ice. Top with soda.
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Garnish with grapefruit slice or peel.
Garnish
- Grapefruit Peel
About this drink
Tequila, grapefruit, lime, soda — outpaces the Margarita in Mexico itself.
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