Paloma
Spanish for dove, the Paloma is a nice long Tequila drink with Grapefruit and Lime. You may find elements of a Classic Margarita, and you wouldn't be entirely wrong. That being said, the Grapefruit moves this drink in a different direction that makes it completely its own.This drink can take shades of slight green to orange/ruby, depending on your grapefruit. The official recipes calls for Pink Grapefruit, which can give a lot of colour, but if you're heavy on the Soda Water the colour, of course, will become more diluted.While presentation is important, you want the cocktail to taste the best for you! So make this cocktail how you like it.
Ingredients
- 50 mL Tequila Blanco
- 10 mL Agave Syrup
- 10 mL Lime Juice
- 60 mL Grapefruit Juice
- Soda Water
- Salt for rim of glass
- Garnish with slice of Grapefruit
Instructions
- Salt the rim of a tall glass and set aside.
- Add Tequila, Agave Syrup, Lime Juice, and Grapefruit Juice to a cocktail shaker with a good amount of ice. Shake until too cold to touch.
- Strain into your salted glass with a few fresh ice cubes.
- Top up with Soda Water.
- Garnish, drink.
Notes
*If you don't have Agave Syrup you can substitute honey or Simple Syrup.
Being a relatively traditional drink, the Paloma opens itself up to a myriad of variations. Most basically a Paloma is Tequila with a Grapefruit flavoured soda. As Grapefruit flavoured sodas are a lot less common in a lot of places, we've opted to include pure Grapefruit Juice in this recipe along with Soda Water and a little bit of Sugar. This should generally do the job for a similar taste.