Paloma
Mexico’s favourite highball: tequila, pink grapefruit soda, lime and a pinch of salt. Easy and thirst-quenching.
Contains alcohol. For adults of legal drinking age; please drink responsibly.
Ingredients
- 50 ml Tequila blanco
- 10 ml fresh lime juice, plus a slice
- 1 pinch Salt
- 100 ml pink grapefruit soda, chilled
- Ice
Method
- Pour the tequila into a highball glass and squeeze in the lime juice.
- Fill the glass with ice and add the pinch of salt.
- Top up with the grapefruit soda and stir gently.
- Garnish with a slice of lime.
Tips
- No grapefruit soda? Use 60 ml fresh pink grapefruit juice, 10 ml syrup and soda water.
- Grapefruit interacts with some medicines (including certain statins and blood-pressure drugs); check if you take any.
- Easy-drinking highballs go down fast; keep to one measure of tequila per glass and drink water in between.
Sources
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