Paloma with honey replacing the simple syrup.
Why you are pouring this tonight
The Honey Paloma is the Paloma with honey replacing the simple syrup, and it is a softer, more brunch-friendly drink than the original. Tequila, fresh grapefruit, lime, honey syrup, cold soda water, salt rim, grapefruit wedge. Floral, citrus-bright, easier on the sweet tooth than the original Paloma. The cocktail for the second hour of a long Sunday lunch.
Pink grapefruit makes a softer drink. White grapefruit makes a sharper one. Both are correct depending on your mood. Fresh-squeezed both, never the bottled stuff. Use a 100% agave blanco tequila (Patron Silver, Espolon Blanco, Casa Noble). 3:1 honey syrup, kept in the fridge. Salt the rim with flaky Murray River salt, not table salt. Cold soda water from the fridge, not room-temperature soda from the cupboard. Pair with fish tacos, ceviche, salt-and-pepper squid, anything that came off a charcoal grill on a beach.
What to pour it alongside
Fish tacos, ceviche, salt-and-pepper squid.
Notes
Pink grapefruit makes a softer drink. White grapefruit makes a sharper one.
The recipe
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