Name: Paloma
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Blanco tequila; 25 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 12.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Agave syrup; 50 ml Pink grapefruit soda

Ingredients

1 2/3 fl oz

Blanco tequila

5/6 fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

5/12 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/4 fl oz

Agave syrup (agave nectar)

1 2/3 fl oz

Thomas Henry Pink Grapefruit soda

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Optionally, RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and dip into salt).

Prepare garnish of pink (or red) grapefruit wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

TOP with grapefruit soda and briefly stir.

Garnish

Garnish with grapefruit wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Paloma contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
10.14% alc./vol. (20.28° proof)
15.8 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Mika Pontikou 4w

Realy grate tequila recipe

Jeff Bertsch 6w

5/6? 5/12?

C'mon kids, figure out a normal ratio

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6w

In Europe, 25ml, roughly 5/6oz, is a “normal ratio”. Indeed, here in the UK, it is the standard measure for spirits, one that pubs and bars are required by law to use.

Please click “measures and measuring” under the recipe for more info. All our recipes can be viewed with measures in ml, fl oz, shot/parts, or cl.

While US measures tend to be in ¼ oz (7.5ml) increments, the rest of the world uses 5ml (1/6oz) increments.

See Washington’s Dream on Night Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk&t=92s

Even in the USA, the metric system is favoured in scientific disciplines like chemistry, physics, and molecular biology because it simplifies calculations by utilising base-ten units. Many USA bartenders also use ml in their cocktail recipes as it makes measuring and calculating smaller increments simpler.

Loz Horner 1y

Yep this is a summer banger, as we say here in the UK.

Romina 1y

very refreshing

John CARR Premium Member 1y

My first taste of the eponymous Mrs Difford’s drink. The new taste of summer… or should be! After a 37 deg C day this was just the thing! Used homemade grapefruit lemonade from Klaus Skt Rainer’s Cocktails book. Surly upped the lime for my taste/today’s fruit and enjoyed a half-salted rim. Super refreshing and delicious.

Paloma Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

If only it was that warm over this side of the world today...more like 37 deg F in chilly UK! Happy to hear you have the weather to enjoy it, a delicious summer cocktail ♥️

John CARR Premium Member 1y

The grass is always greener i suppose - I’ve been hiding away in air conditioned to survive it! But, yes, a very delicious drink that i will certainly be having again!

Yorey C 1y

Los Cabos | Fever Tree | pasteurized gfruit ... great mix, well balanced, matter of fact i accidentally have 20% extra agave and i can tell it would be better with simon's spec had i poured more accurately. using a cheap tequila, but doesn't hurt it, could handle more spirit if i wanted

Steven Jepson Premium Member 1y

I had never had a Paloma - I am on Statins for medical reasons which generally proscribe even the smallest doses of grapefruit! However I found an alternative form that is not grapefruit intolerant and thankyou NHS got switched.

I love both grapefruit and tequila and am now in heaven - I will never drink a Margarita again - Wow

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

We add a generous barspoon of Grapefruit Honey Cheong to our Palomas. [Mash 2 ruby grapefruit with 230g (1/2lb) each of honey (we use leatherwood) and sugar (we use demarera), fill a sterilised jar and place it in the fridge for a week before enjoying.] This allows us to dial back on the agave syrup and go with just plain soda.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Incidentally, if you've enjoyed one or two too many Palomas the night before, shake 3 generous barspoons of Grapefruit Honey Cheong and 1 cup of freshly brewed but cool tea (we use Earl Grey) with ice and strain into a glass filled with 1 cup crushed ice; garnish with a sprig of mint. You'll be back to feeling wonderful in no time at all.