Orange Juice
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- ✓You want fresh acidity and fruit flavour in your drink.
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- ✗You prefer a sweeter or lower-acid flavour profile.
What is Orange Juice?
Orange juice is a common cocktail and mocktail mixer that adds fruit sweetness, acidity and a familiar citrus base. It is used in brunch drinks, tropical cocktails, punches, highballs and easy mixed drinks.
What does Orange Juice taste like?
Sweet, juicy and citrusy, with soft acidity and a round orange flavour. Orange juice pairs well with vodka, rum, tequila, gin, brandy, grenadine, pineapple, cranberry and sparkling mixers.
Orange Juice profile
Best used for: sours, refreshing drinks, tropical drinks
- Appears in 112+ recipes
- Works in both cocktails and mocktails
- Has 4 common substitutes
Best For
Best With Orange Juice
Drink Profile
Best for
- Adding acidity & freshness
- Mocktails
- Best with vodka
- Best with rum
- Best with tequila
Substitutes & similar
Possible substitutes for Orange Juice
What it is
What does orange juice do in drinks?
Orange juice adds sweetness, acidity and a round fruit flavor. It is softer than lemon or lime, so it often makes cocktails feel juicier and less sharp.
How it's used
How orange juice is used
Orange juice is common in brunch drinks, tropical cocktails and fruit-forward mixed drinks. It works well with vodka, rum, tequila, sparkling wine and grenadine-style sweetness.
Common mistakes
Common mistakes
Orange juice can flatten a drink if it is not fresh or if there is too much of it. Pair it with citrus, bitters or bubbles when the drink needs more lift.
Similar styles
Use orange juice for softer citrus
Orange juice gives drinks a rounder and sweeter citrus profile than lemon or lime. It works well for brunch, tropical drinks and easy mixed serves.
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