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Highball · Anytime · Summer
Paloma
Tequila with lime and a pinch of salt, filled up with grapefruit soda. Mexico drinks far more of this than it does Margaritas.
- Base
- Tequila
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Method
- Build
- Strength
- 10.14% ABV
Ingredients
Servings
50 ml100% Agave Tequila1 swap
MezcalmediumSmoky and earthier — a different drink, but a good one
5 mlFresh Lime1 swap
Fresh lemon juicemediumSlightly less floral, more tart
- 1 pinchA pinch of Salt
- 100 mlPink Grapefruit Soda
How to make
Technique
Build · 10–15sBuilding straight in the glass keeps it simple and preserves any fizz.
- Poor the tequila into a highball glass, squeeze the lime juice.
- Add ice and salt, fill up pink grapefruit soda.
- Stir gently.
Serve
Glass
Highball glassAlso fine: Collins glass, Tall tumbler
Garnish
Garnish with a slice of lime.On the rim, squeezed in only if you like it sharper.
Taste & nutrition
10.14%ABV
168kcal
1.39Drinks
StrengthLight
Sweet to dryBalanced
Estimated from ingredient amounts and assumed ABVs — not a lab measurement.
Good to know
- Use freshly squeezed juice — bottled tastes flat.
- Add the fizzy mixer last so it keeps its bubbles.
History
Yearmid-20th century
PlaceMexico
Created byDisputed
Mexico's everyday favourite, the Paloma pours tequila over grapefruit soda with a squeeze of lime and a pinch of salt. Its name means "dove," and its origins are hazy, though it seems to date from the mid-20th century. More refreshing and less sweet than the Margarita, it is what many Mexicans actually drink. It is the ideal warm-weather tequila highball.
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