Originally published Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM

Recipe: Paloma

This is the recipe for a Paloma, which Seattle Times cocktail writer Tan Vinh thinks will be the hot drink of summer.

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1 cocktail

3 ounces freshly squeezed white grapefruit juice

2 ounces blanco or silver tequila

½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice

½ ounce agave nectar

Sea salt to rim the glass

Club soda

1 lime wheel for garnish

1. Fill cocktail shaker two-thirds full with ice. Add grapefruit juice, tequila, lime juice and agave nectar. Shake well and strain into an ice-filled Collins glass rimmed with sea salt.

2. Top with a splash of club soda, and garnish with lime wheel.

Note: Grapefruit soda may be hard to find. This is an updated version of the paloma. It was the best among the handful of paloma recipes I tested. — Tan Vinh

Recipe by Tad Carducci of Tippling Bros., a New York-based consultancy, from the cocktail book "Boozehound" by Jason Wilson

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