Unicorn Paloma

Spanish for “dove,” the paloma is a tequila-based classic cocktail known for using grapefruit soda. Now you can make this pretty pink drink bursting with even more color with our color-changing tequila.

5 minutes

1 cocktail

Beginner

Ingredients

2 ounces Unicorn Butterfly Pea Tequila
½ ounce lime juice (about 2 lime wedges)
Grapefruit soda*
Kosher salt for rim (optional)
Lime wedge (optional)

Instructions

Fill a rocks or highball glass with ice. If you like a salted rim, rub a lime’s flesh around the edge of the glass. Then, with the glass tilted, rotate the rim into a saucer of kosher salt. Pour Unicorn Butterfly Pea Tequila and lime juice into the glass and top with grapefruit soda. Stir to combine, then garnish with a lime wedge.
*A few common soda brands to use in a paloma are Fresca, Jarritos, and Squirt. You can also make your own grapefruit soda with grapefruit juice and club soda.

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When was the paloma invented?

The first paloma cocktail recipe was published and credited to Evan Harrison in the 1953 pamphlet, “Popular Cocktails of The Rio Grande.” Legend has it Harrison stole the recipe from Manuel Gonzales, a bartender from the rival tavern. Apparently, Gonzales named the beverage after his sweetheart, since paloma translates to “dove.”

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