Paloma

Paloma

• Type
  Cocktail
• Primary alcohol by volume
  Tequila
• Served
  On the rocks
• Standard garnish
  Slice of lime
• Standard drinkware
  Highball glass
• IBA specified ingredients
  50ml 100% agave tequila
  5ml fresh lime juice
  Pinch of salt
  100ml pink grapefruit soda
• Preparation
  Pour the tequila into a highball glass, squeeze the lime juice.
  Add ice and salt, fill up pink grapefruit soda.
  Stir gently.

The paloma is a tequila-based cocktail.

This drink is most commonly prepared by mixing tequila, lime juice, and a grapefruit-flavored soda.

Adding salt to the rim of the glass is also an option.

Alternatively, the grapefruit soda can be replaced with fresh white or red grapefruit juice and club soda, sugar optionally.

A simple paloma is a two-ingredient cocktail consisting only of tequila and grapefruit-flavored soda.

A more complex variant of paloma is the cantarito, which in addition to lime juice, also has lemon juice and orange juice.

The paloma is more flavorful than its closest relative, the greyhound, which consists of grapefruit juice and either gin or vodka mixed and served over ice.

References
Paloma (cocktail)