Lime
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Choose this if…
- ✓You want bright character in your drink.
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- ✗A substitute better matches your flavour goal.
What is Lime?
Lime is used in cocktails as fruit, garnish, wedge, wheel or juice source. It gives drinks green-citrus aroma, fresh acidity and a visual garnish, especially in tequila, rum, tropical and refreshing mixed drinks.
What does Lime taste like?
Bright, tart and zesty, with green citrus aroma and sharper acidity than orange. Lime pairs with tequila, rum, gin, vodka, mint, coconut, pineapple, ginger, chili and soda water.
Lime profile
Best used for: sours, citrus cocktails, refreshing drinks
- Appears in 33 recipes
- Works in both cocktails and mocktails
- Has 5 common substitutes
Best For
Best With Lime
Drink Profile
Best for
- Mocktails
- Best with tequila
- Best with rum
- Best with gin
Substitutes & similar
Possible substitutes for Lime
Substitutes
How to swap Lime
When replacing Lime, match the role it plays in the recipe. Check whether it adds strength, acidity, sweetness, bitterness, aroma, garnish or texture before choosing a substitute.
When to choose it
When to choose Lime
Choose Lime when its role fits the recipe: base, modifier, sweetener, acid, garnish or texture. Check related drinks before swapping it with a similar ingredient.
Skip if
Do not choose Lime when...
Do not choose Lime only because it sounds similar to another ingredient. Check its sweetness, strength, texture and recipe role before substituting.
What it is
What does Lime do in drinks?
Lime is a Fruit used to adjust flavor, texture, aroma or balance. Its role depends on the recipe.
Drink counts and recipe data are based on published WhatDrink recipes. Figures may vary as new recipes are added.