The White Lotus season 2: What is a highball cocktail?

We’re down another episode of The White Lotus season 2 and things are really heating up. In the second installment of Mike White’s anthology series, we meet a new batch of characters as we travel to beautiful Sicily, Italy and follow vacationers as well as hotel staff and the locals. The cast is star-studded again this time, including Michael Imperioli, Aubrey Plaza, Theo James, F. Murray Abraham, and other familiar faces. Jennifer Coolidge and Jon Gries also reprise their roles from season 1 as Tanya and Greg, respectively.

Minor spoilers for The White Lotus season 2, episode 3, “Bull Elephants.”

The White Lotus season 2, episode 3, “Bull Elephants” turns up the tension an extra notch as Greg leaves Italy for a supposed work trip and Harper and Daphne leave their husbands at the resort for a girls’ trip to Noto, Italy. Throughout the episode, Cameron and Ethan get into some serious trouble, while Harper is able to bond with Daphne and surprisingly have some interesting conversations about relationships and marriage.

Now that Greg’s gone, Tanya is expectedly a wreck, and she needs her assistant Portia with her at all times. In one scene, Tanya decides she wants a psychic to come to the hotel and give her some insights into her life and her relationship with Greg in order to find comfort or plan what to do next. But the woman gives her news she doesn’t want to hear, and she sends her packing. Tanya says she’s too “negative.”

What ingredients are in a highball from The White Lotus?

When the psychic arrives at Tanya’s hotel room, Tanya is quick to offer her a beverage. She suggests water, soda, or something called a highball, the latter of which the psychic seems to accept. Many watching might be wondering what a highball even is, and we’re here to answer that for you!

A highball is a cocktail made with whiskey. According to Liquor.com, a typical ingredients list for the drink is very short, only consisting of whiskey and chilled club soda. That would be an extremely easy drink for someone to make using what they might have in a hotel room, so I suppose it makes sense why Tanya offers it. You could substitute the club soda for any kind of carbonated drink, such as ginger ale.

If you’re planning to make a few cocktails for your next watch party for The White Lotus season 2, consider adding a highball to your menu!

New episodes of The White Lotus season 2 release every Sunday night on HBO and HBO Max.