Esquire Sips: the perfect Paloma with Volcan tequila
You know your cocktail order, but can you replicate it at home? Here, the editors of Esquire share five of their favourite summer cocktail recipes, including the freshest Paloma ever
By Amy Campbell
WHEN SERVED AT a bar, with a perfect garnish and ice cubes frozen into stylish shapes, cocktails can come off as complicated. But save for something like a sour, the majority of your favourite cocktails are surprisingly easy to make. Take a martini for example: two ingredients, plus a lemon rind or an olive, depending on whether you like it dirty or dry. You’d also be surprised just how many you can make without a shaker. The Bond way isn’t the only way: sometimes, all your drink needs is a classy stir.
With summer officially upon us, and Christmas drinks calling from every corner of our calendars, we’ve put together a collection of the best summer cocktail recipes, so that you can impress your friends and family when entertaining at home.
Next up, we have a classic Paloma cocktail recipe that will cool you down (and turn you up) on the hottest summer days, but it’s so tasty we find ourselves returning to it all throughout the year. Volcan’s Tequila Blanco is the perfect base for this Paloma; distilled in Mexico, it combines the herbal, citrus And spicy flavours indicative of The Lowlands, in Jalisco, with fruitier expressions like cherry and pear. Add some pink grapefruit juice, fresh lime juice, a dash of agave syrup, soda and salt and you’ve got the perfect Christmas party companion. See the full recipe and method below.
The best Paloma cocktail recipe
Volcan Paloma
Ingredients:
- 60ml Volcan Tequila Blanco
- 45ml pink grapefruit juice
- 20ml fresh lime juice
- 20ml agave syrup
- Soda water
- Salt
Directions:
Salt the rim of a highball glass; add the Volcan Tequila Blanco, grapefruit juice, fresh lime and agave syrup to a shaker; shake, then pour into the glass; top up with soda water.
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