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My Skinny Cousin [paloma] Recipe

Inspired by La Presa Taquería

Time8m

Serves1

sauza blanco, fever tree sparkling, lime, pink salt

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Ingredients

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Cocktail

2 oz Sauza Blanco tequila3/4 oz Fresh lime juice1/4 oz Agave syrup (optional, light)3 oz Fever-Tree Sparkling Grapefruit (or plain sparkling water/club soda + grapefruit soda)1 cup Ice (for shaking and serving)1 tsp Pink finishing salt (coarse or flaked)1 piece Lime wheel or wedge (garnish)

Method

Cocktail

Rim preparation

Place the pink finishing salt on a small plate. Moisten the outer rim of a highball or Collins glass with a lime wedge, then gently dip the rim into the salt to create a thin, even salted edge. Set the glass aside.

Shake base

Add the Sauza Blanco tequila (2 oz), fresh lime juice (0.75 oz) and agave syrup (0.25 oz, optional for a touch of sweetness) into a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice (about 1 cup). Secure the lid and shake vigorously for 10–12 seconds until well chilled and slightly frothy.

Build the drink

Fill the prepared glass with fresh ice. Strain the shaken tequila-lime mixture into the glass over the ice.

Top with sparkling

Slowly top the drink with 3 oz Fever-Tree Sparkling Grapefruit (or your chosen sparkling mixer) to preserve effervescence. Gently stir once with a bar spoon to combine flavors without flattening the bubbles.

Garnish and finish

Slide a lime wheel or wedge onto the rim or float it in the drink. Serve immediately with a straw or stir stick so the drinker can adjust salt or sweetness. Note: omit agave to make it even 'skinnier' — the pink salt provides a bright savory contrast.