tequila

Paloma

refreshing · served in a highball

Tequila and grapefruit soda with a salted rim and lime. More popular than the margarita in Mexico, and well known across the American Southwest by the 1960s.

Ingredients

·2 oz blanco tequila
·1/2 oz fresh lime juice
·4 oz grapefruit soda (Jarritos or Squirt)
·Salt for rim
·Lime wedge to garnish

Method

Salt the rim of a highball glass. Fill with ice. Add tequila and lime juice. Top with cold grapefruit soda. Stir briefly. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Pour slowly. Sip slower.