What is a Paloma drink made of is tequila, grapefruit soda, lime juice, and salt, simple Mexican cocktail, most popular cocktail in Mexico, refreshing and easy to make. Paloma cocktail, traditional Mexican drink, made of 2 ounces tequila, preferably blanco tequila, 0.5 ounce fresh lime juice, pinch of salt, and 3 to 4 ounces grapefruit soda like Fresca or Jarritos grapefruit, with some recipes using fresh grapefruit juice and club soda, with salt rim on glass, served over ice in highball glass, garnished with grapefruit wedge. Classic Paloma recipe includes tequila, grapefruit soda, lime, salt, with variations adding simple syrup for sweetness, with authentic Mexican version using Squirt soda, grapefruit flavored soda created in 1938 in Arizona but popular in Mexico. Paloma drink made of tequila base spirit, grapefruit soda providing sweet bitter grapefruit flavor, lime juice adding acidity, salt enhancing flavors, with tequila being agave spirit from Mexico, grapefruit soda being key ingredient giving Paloma its pink color and citrus taste. Some versions use mezcal instead of tequila for smoky version, or fresh grapefruit juice plus soda water plus agave syrup for craft version. So Paloma made of tequila, grapefruit soda, lime juice, salt, simple refreshing Mexican cocktail, most popular in Mexico.
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