Ingredients

  • 2 ozmezcal
  • 2 ozfresh grapefruit juice
  • ½ ozfresh lime juice
  • ½ ozagave syrup
  • 2 ozclub soda
  • 🍋Grapefruit wedge and salt rim (optional)(garnish)

🔧 Tools

jigger

Instructions

  1. If desired, rim half of a highball glass with salt.
  2. Fill the glass with ice.
  3. Add mezcal, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and agave syrup.
  4. Top with club soda and gently stir to combine.
  5. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.

📜 History

The classic Paloma outsells the Margarita in Mexico, making it the country's most popular tequila cocktail. The Mezcal Paloma emerged as craft bartenders sought to showcase mezcal's distinctive smoky character in refreshing, accessible formats. Mezcal's production—using roasted agave hearts—creates flavors that pair beautifully with grapefruit's bitterness and brightness. This variation has become standard at mezcalerias worldwide, introducing many drinkers to mezcal through a familiar template.

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