The Paloma Cocktail Recipe

The drink of the summer in our neighborhood has been announced! It's the Paloma! It's easy to make and easy to drink. Two of my favorite things that make up a cocktail. There are various versions of the Paloma, below is our version that we perfected for our taste buds. Give it a try and then give some feedback on how you liked it.

Serving size: 2 glasses

1/3 cup of sugar
Few sprinkles of lime zest
Dab of honey or wedge of lime
1 cup of yellow or pink grapefruit soda (pink is much sweeter, we like the yellow)
1/2 cup of brown or gold tequila

1. On a salad plate spread out the sugar and sprinkle the lime zest on top. With the back of a spoon or a mortar grind the zest into the sugar a little so the sugar tastes like flavored lime sugar.
2. Rim two cocktail glasses with either the honey that has been watered down or a lime wedge. Rimming with a lime wedge is easier but you will get a thicker sugar rim with the honey. Put a dab of honey on a small piece of paper towel and run it under some water very quickly. Then with your finger tips, under the paper towel, rim the glasses with the honey mixture.
3. Fill glasses with ice.
4. Combine in a large glass measuring cup or a shaker the grapefruit soda and the tequila stir lightly to combine and pour into glasses. Don't forget to "cheers" and Enjoy!