Paloma Recipe - Spicy or Traditional Recipe - Rachel Cooks® (2024)

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What does a Paloma taste like? ›

This Paloma co*cktail recipe is the perfect mix of sweet and tangy. The fresh grapefruit juice gives the drink a refreshing grapefruit flavour, while the tequila adds a little kick. What is this? The salt on the rim brings out the flavours in the co*cktail, making it taste even better.

In a co*cktail shaker add lime juice, gin, simple syrup, grapefruit juice, and ice and give it a good shake. Rim a highball glass with the remaining lime juice and Basil Lemon salt. Add ice to the glass and fill halfway with shaker mixture. Fill to the top with the soda water and enjoy!

Because the Paloma is constructed right in the glass, you don't need any bar tools to make it. Just add your ingredients to a highball glass with ice, give a quick stir, and you're ready to enjoy a refreshing co*cktail.

Suppose you're looking for a healthier drink that has tequila instead of a margarita. In that case, a few options are the Paloma, a margarita with Pomegranate, or a margarita made with grapefruit juice.

La Paloma means “the dove” in Spanish, and some think this is the key to the puzzle—the classic drink may have been named for a popular Mexican folk song composed in the 1860s. Others swear it's named “the dove” because of the whitish color of the drink.

Appropriately, “paloma” means dove in Spanish. While internationally the Paloma lives in the shadow of the Margarita, in Mexico, it reigns supreme. The origins of the Paloma are lost in the haze of the recent past. Specifically, the Paloma is a stripped down Margarita made into a long drink with grapefruit soda.

Little is known about the historical origin of the Paloma, the most popular tequila-based co*cktail in Mexico. Some believe that it is named after La Paloma (“The Dove”), the popular folk song composed in the early 1860s.

Assuming they have grapefruit juice—and most bars actually do—you can order yourself a nice Paloma. Normally made with tequila and grapefruit soda, you can juke your Paloma by asking for tequila and grapefruit juice topped off with soda water. If you're a bourbon lover, don't despair.

Tequila is all the rage; make no mistake about it. Mexico's national drink is now one of the world's top three selling liquors, with 600 brands, its own club of devoted connoisseurs and an ever-increasing number of converts. Never tasted it?

Great breakfast option: grapefruit with a sprinkle of #Tajin. Great breakfast option: grapefruit with a sprinkle of #Tajin.

What alcohol goes with Paloma? ›

To serve a paloma co*cktail in its simplest form, a host may leave out a bottle of tequila, some grapefruit sodas like Squirt or Jarritos, and lime wedges, and have guests pour their own.

Paloma. If you've never had a Paloma, get yourself to a bar ASAP. "It's made with tequila, lime juice, and grapefruit soda," explains Goto. And if you can find a bar serving it up with fresh grapefruit juice, even better.

A paloma is a type of sour, and it's one of our favorite classic co*cktails. A paloma is super simple—just fresh grapefruit juice, lime juice, blanco tequila, simple syrup and a little seltzer for fizz.

Cuba Libre, a rum, cola and lime-flavored co*cktail, and Paloma, a tequila, grapefruit and lime-flavored co*cktail, will be available for purchase by consumers beginning immediately.

This co*cktail differs in that a classic Paloma typically is made with a grapefruit-flavored soda (like Squirt) rather than fresh grapefruit juice. Although, sometimes fresh juice is added. Additionally, Palomas don't usually contain orange liqueur. Instead, they rely on the grapefruit soda to sweeten the drink.