Paloma (cocktail)
The paloma is a tequila-based cocktail. This drink is most commonly prepared by mixing tequila, lime juice, and a grapefruit-flavored soda such as Fresca, Squirt, or Jarritos and served on the rocks with a lime wedge. Adding salt to the rim of the glass is also an option.
This drink is very easy to prepare, it can even be found in soda cans. This drink is very popular all over Mexico.
Alternatively, the grapefruit soda can be replaced with fresh white or red grapefruit juice, club soda, and fresh-squeezed lime juice.
A simple Paloma is a two-ingredient cocktail consisting only of tequila, squirt, grapefruit-flavored soda. A more complex variant of the 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.
