Paloma
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Highball glass, 10–12 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
tequila
highball
built
seeded
Ingredients
- 2 oz blanco tequila
- 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
- 0.25 oz agave syrup
- 4 oz grapefruit soda
- Salt rim and grapefruit wedge, for garnish
Instructions
Build over ice in a salt-rimmed highball glass and stir gently.
Behind the drink
A little history
Mid-1900s
Mexico
The Paloma’s exact inventor is unknown, but its rise is tied to grapefruit soda in mid-century Mexico. A frequently repeated attribution to bartender Don Javier Delgado Corona remains difficult to document.
Paloma history