Ingredient
Lime
A lime (from French lime, from Arabic līma, from Persian līmū, "lemon") is a hybrid citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime green, 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles.
There are several species of citrus trees whose fruits are called limes, including the Key lime (Citrus aurantifolia), Persian lime, kaffir lime, and desert lime. Limes are an excellent source of vitamin C, and are often used to accent the flavours of foods and beverages. They are grown year-round. Plants with fruit called "limes" have diverse genetic origins; limes do not form a...
Cocktails with Lime
After Dinner Cocktail
Shake all ingredients (except lime wedge) with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Add the wedge of lime and serve.
Amaretto Mist
Pour amaretto in an old-fashioned glass over crushed ice. Add the wedge of lime and serve. (A wedge of lemon may be substituted for lime, if preferred.)
Apple Highball
Add ice in a highball glass. Rub a wedge of fresh lime around rim and place it in the glass. Add a shot of Apple schnapps, a shot of Courvoisier and top up with ginger ale.
Archbishop
In an old-fashioned glass almost filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Stir well.
Bloody Mary
Stirring gently, pour all ingredients into highball glass. Garnish.
Bombay Cassis
Add the Bombay Sapphire, Crème de Cassis and lime juice to a balloon glass and swirl well to mix. Fill the glass with good quality cubed ice. Top up with chilled and freshly opened Fever-Tree Ginger Beer. Gently stir to combine, top with a gently squeezed lime wedge and finish with a fresh ginger slice.
Boston Sidecar
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
Caipirinha
Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with ice and add the Cachaça.
Caipirissima
Same as Caipirinha but instead of cachaca you add WHITE RUM. It's great!!!!!!!!
California Lemonade
Shake all ingredients (except carbonated water) with ice and strain into a collins glass over shaved ice. Fill with carbonated water and stir. Decorate with slices of orange and lemon. Add the cherry and serve with a straw.
Corn n Oil
Cut the half lime in half again. Add the lime, falernum, and bitters to a rocks glass. Muddle. Add the rum. (Aged Barbados rum such as Plantation 5 Year is recommended). Add ice and stir. Float the blackstrap rum on top. Serve with a straw.
Cosmopolitan Martini
Pour all ingredients in mixing glass half filled with ice, shake and strain into chilled Martini glass.
Cuba Libra
Fill tall glass with ice cubes. Add rum. Rub cut edge of lime on rim of glass then squeeze juice into glass. Fill with Coca-Cola. Garnish with lime slice. Enjoy!
Cuba Libre
Build all ingredients in a Collins glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge.
Daiquiri
Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain in chilled cocktail glass.
Dark Caipirinha
Muddle the sugar into the lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour the cachaca into the glass. Stir well.
Dragonfly
In a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes, combine the gin and ginger ale. Stir well. Garnish with the lime wedge.
Elderflower Caipirinha
Take the glass and muddle the lime in it. Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaca. Stir well and top with some more crushed ice. Garnish with lime and enjoy!
Frisco Sour
Shake all ingredients (except slices of lemon and lime) with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the slices of lemon and lime and serve.
Gimlet
Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass or an Old Fashioned glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Gin and Soda
Pour the Gin and Soda water into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Garnish with the lime wedge.
Gin And Tonic
Pour the gin and the tonic water into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Garnish with the lime wedge.
Gin Rickey
Half-fill a tall glass with ice. Mix the gin and Grenadine together and pour over the ice. Add the lime or lemon juice and top off with soda water. Decorate the glass with lime and/or lemon slices.
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