Coconut Paloma
Published Sept. 13, 2024
- Total Time
- 8 hours 10 minutes
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 5 minutes, plus freezing
- Rating
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Ingredients
- 4ounces organic coconut water, plus more for making ice cubes
- Ice
- 1½ ounces blanco tequila
- 1½ ounces fresh grapefruit juice
- ½ounce fresh lime juice
- ½ounce simple syrup (see Tip)
- 1ounce soda water
- Grapefruit wedge or lime wheel, for garnish
Nutritional analysis per serving (2 servings)
89 calories; 0 grams fat; 0 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 0 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 10 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 9 grams sugars; 1 gram protein; 67 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
The night before you plan to serve this drink, prepare your coconut water ice cubes: Pour some coconut water into an ice cube tray to prepare the desired amount, cover and freeze until solid.
- Step 2
When ready to enjoy your drink, fill a Collins or highball glass with coconut ice cubes.
- Step 3
Add standard ice cubes to a cocktail shaker along with the 4 ounces coconut water, the tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice and simple syrup. Cover and shake until cold, then strain into the glass.
- Step 4
Top with soda water, garnish with the grapefruit wedge or lime wheel, and serve.
- If you don't want to make simple syrup, add 1½ teaspoons sugar and 1½ teaspoons water to the shaker in Step 3, and proceed as usual.
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Comments
If there's only 1 1/2 ounces of tequila this yields 1 drink. 1 drink.
This was tasty, but the ice cubes are a bit viscous. I would use a mix of regular and coconut water ice cubes next time. I used Topo Chico instead of seltzer water and recommend it highly.
I didn't make the special ice cubes but the rest of it was great. I made it both with and without the simple syrup and it was just as good without it. Also substituted with vodka once and that was good, too.
Agree with @Alex! This is one drink. Made my first drink and was not hugely wowed…made my second (in NYTCooking world, that would be numbers 3 and 4…!) and instead used raw sugar. Yes! That’s what’s missing! No, really! Keeper!
An unexpected fail for us for a NYT recipe. We couldn’t taste the coconut at all. It was just a paloma
I love the coconut water ice cubes! Genius! This makes a very good mocktail-- coconut water ice cubes, selzer, splash of grapefruit juice. For the cocktail, I think the recipe comes out better without the added coconut water. And the recipe only makes 1 drink, not 2. So basically, I would rewrite the recipe to just something like-- 2 parts seltzer, 1 part tequila, 1 part grapefruit juice, over coconut ice cubes, with a lime wedge. Delicious!