Somos Paloma
Bright, citrus-led, gently floral — Mexico’s most-drunk cocktail at the family table, opened up by Lillet Rosé and the herbal side of Sabia Maria. Build, stir, never shake.
Ingredients
- 45mlSomos Sabia Maria mezcal
- 15mlLillet Rosé
- 15mlfresh lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 100mlpink grapefruit soda, chilled (Fever-Tree preferred, or Jarritos Toronja)
- 2 dropssaline solution, 20% (20g sea salt to 80ml water) — or a tiny pinch of salt
- —chile-salt blend for the rim (Tajín or similar)
- 1pink grapefruit wheel, to garnish
- 1dehydrated lime wheel, to garnish
Method
- Half-rim a chilled highball or clay cantarito with the chile-salt blend — run a lime wedge along one side of the rim and dip it into the mix on a small plate.
- Fill the glass with cubed ice, right to the top.
- Add the Sabia Maria, Lillet Rosé, lime juice, and saline drops.
- Top with chilled pink grapefruit soda, pouring slowly down the side to keep the bubbles alive.
- Stir gently — three or four turns only. Garnish with a pink grapefruit wheel on the rim and a dehydrated lime wheel floated on top. Serve.