Ingredients:

2 oz. tequila

Pinch of salt

A third of a lime

Grapefruit (Toronja) Jarritos to taste

Now, if you don’t like tequila, I don’t care. You’ll still love this drink because it is the only perfect thing. If you don’t feel like reading instructions, just throwing those ingredients in will still make you a damn good drink. But to perfect it:

Jarritos

There are other grapefruit sodas out there, but Jarritos is just the right balance of sugar, and I guess it has “authenticity,” if you’re into that. Fresca is not bad, but since it’s sugarfree you should throw in some Sprite or just plain sugar. Anyways,

Lime

You want as much lime juice as you can get from that third of a lime, so cut it into three and muddle it. If you don’t have a muddler (why would you have a muddler) you can pound it with the handle of a wooden spoon or anything similar and get the same result. Since you probably cut that lime in half in the first place, you can use that last bit of lime slice as a garnish to be fancy.

Salt

That pinch of salt should be so tiny, or else your Paloma will taste like a cheap margarita.

Tequila

Lastly, that tequila amount is measured for people who don’t really like tequila that much; if you’re a diehard fan like I am, you could go up to three ounces if you want.

Enjoy! Nothing will ever be this delicious.