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Paloma

Contemporary classic · Elevenses/afternoon · Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini)

4.5 366 ratings

Ingredients

1 2/3 oz Blanco tequila
5/6 oz Pink grapefruit juice
5/12 oz Lime juice
1/4 oz Agave syrup
1 2/3 oz Pink grapefruit soda

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Optionally, RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and dip into salt).
  3. 3 Prepare garnish of pink (or red) grapefruit wedge.

Method

  1. 4 SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  2. 5 STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  3. 6 TOP with grapefruit soda and briefly stir.

Garnish

  1. 7 Garnish with grapefruit wedge.

Flavour profile

10.1% alc./vol. · 1.1 standard drinks · 168 calories

History

Evokes a long, fruity Margarita with a pleasant fizz.

Paloma, which means 'dove' in Spanish, has an unknown origin, though it is reputed to date back to the 1950s. Some believe it was created by Don Javier Delgado Corona, the former owner and bartender of La Capilla (The Chapel) in Tequila, Mexico, who also created the Batanga.