What Paloma means
Paloma is a Mexican drink name of Spanish origin meaning "dove". It comes from Spanish paloma (dove), from Latin palumba. It is pronounced pah-LOH-mah, and it is most associated with Jalisco.
Tequila with grapefruit soda and lime, the everyday drink of Jalisco. Why a dove, and who first mixed it, are both unknown; the drink has no documented inventor.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Agua fresca, horchata, atole, tepache, pulque, mezcal. Most Mexican drink names are the name of the plant or grain they are made from, and the agave spirits are named for the towns and regions that make them.
