Growing Lime Trees [ Bay Area, CA] - Tiki Drinks and Food

T TropicDrinkBoy Member Joined: Feb 27, 2011 Posts: 277	T TropicDrinkBoy Posted posted on Mon, May 6, 2013 9:01 AM The Persian lime and Tahitian lime are alternate names for the Bearss lime: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_lime . They are the same lime, developed around 1895 in California. That article also compares them to their predecessor, the Key lime. I believe the Key lime was known as the Bartender's lime mostly due to its ready availability during the pre-Prohibition years. Other names for the Key lime are West Indian lime, Bartender’s lime, Omani lime, and Mexican lime: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_lime . I've used Key limes in cocktails in my quest to reproduce the old classics. My motto is "Cocktails allow us to smell the smells and taste the tastes of far away places and long forgotten times." Key limes are definitely more tart than Persian limes so you may need to cut back a bit. These days my Key lime usage in cocktails is limited to my yellow/green bottle of Nellies Key lime juice (readily available at grocery stores) which i keep on hand for those rare occasions when i don't have fresh limes. It is the best bottled lime juice that I've found. [ Edited by: TropicDrinkBoy 2013-05-06 09:09 ]

The Persian lime and Tahitian lime are alternate names for the Bearss lime: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_lime . They are the same lime, developed around 1895 in California. That article also compares them to their predecessor, the Key lime.

I believe the Key lime was known as the Bartender's lime mostly due to its ready availability during the pre-Prohibition years. Other names for the Key lime are West Indian lime, Bartender’s lime, Omani lime, and Mexican lime: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_lime .

I've used Key limes in cocktails in my quest to reproduce the old classics. My motto is "Cocktails allow us to smell the smells and taste the tastes of far away places and long forgotten times." Key limes are definitely more tart than Persian limes so you may need to cut back a bit. These days my Key lime usage in cocktails is limited to my yellow/green bottle of Nellies Key lime juice (readily available at grocery stores) which i keep on hand for those rare occasions when i don't have fresh limes. It is the best bottled lime juice that I've found.

[ Edited by: TropicDrinkBoy 2013-05-06 09:09 ]

Post #676826 by TropicDrinkBoy on Mon, May 6, 2013 9:01 AM