Sober Cinco Paloma
It's the first of May, which means that Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner! If you're looking for a lil sip to have with your tacos, I've got you.
While I love a good margarita, the Paloma has often been my tequila-based drink of choice. I love grapefruit, and it's so fresh and bright.
I'm not actually drinking much these days (since the beginning of 2025) so I've been experimenting a lot with mocktails and zero-proof drinks. What I've discovered is that I'm not a huge fan of the zero proof liquors, I'd rather leave them out all together. So this doesn't have any zero proof tequila, but it does have agave, which is a sweetener made from the same plant as tequila. To give this drink a lil sparkle, I'm using the non-alcoholic Temperance line from Sea Cider.
Sea Cider is a local cider company from Vancouver Island, and it's a place I always try to stop at if I'm going to or from Victoria. It's beautiful and charming and I have some really lovely memories of sitting outside, sipping cider and having some snacks.
So! Happy Cinco De Mayo, and enjoy your Sober Cinco Paloma.
Sober Cinco Paloma
Ingredients
- 1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice about 1
- .75 oz freshly squeezed grapefruit juice about 1/2-1
- .5 oz agave syrup more if you like it sweeter
- lime and grapefruit slices for garnish
- tajin and pink sea salt for rim
- Temperance Eden Sea Cider
Instructions
- To your cocktail shaker, add some ice, as well as the lime and grapefruit juices and the agave syrup. Shake well for 30 seconds to a minute.
- Place some pink sea salt and Tajin on a small plate and mix them well together. Take your chosen glass and run a lime around the rim of it, then dip the rim in the Tajin/sea salt mixture to rim the glass.
- Strain the mixture from the shaker into the glass.
- Add new ice and then top with the Sea Cider.
- Garnish with additional slices of lime and grapefruit and enjoy!