Organically grown dried lime slices from the company with a conscience - The Zest Co !
Sliced and ready for your punches & cocktails.
35 gram minimum weight.
Organically grown lime, sustainably packed.
Dried Lime Slices
We suggest you use your lime wheels within six months of purchase, however dried fruit has been known to last for years!
It is absolutely essential to keep the fruit in a dry atmosphere, at room temperature, out of bright light and with the top of the bags turned over a few times, or better yet in an airtight container.
This fruit is from certified organic growers, and comes to you as close to its natural state as can be, therefore you may see the odd bump or blemish on the skin.
No known allergens are used in any of our products, but whilst all care has been taken, we cannot completely guarantee that cross-contamination has not occurred.
We try to be as observant as we can during the preparation, but the odd pip or seed may sneak through – don’t worry, we don’t charge extra for these.
From the very first spark of an idea several years ago, we wanted TheZestCo to be as ethical as would be practicable. This included the fruit we used for our fruit garnishes. Did you know that citrus fruit, and especially orange, needs cooler night temperatures to develop from the green rind to the more familiar orange. This greenish tinge is perfectly safe, just not as attractive as the orange colour we love in our garnishes. In order to force the green to develop into orange, some growers expose the fruit to ethylene to speed up the ripening and reduce chlorophyll. In some countries the growers are even permitted to spray the fruit with a synthetic dye to supplement the orange tone. As it is widely (and incorrectly) assumed that fruit bought domestically is used for juicing or eating and peeling, it is not always labelled as having been dyed or treated in this way.
Similarly, much citrus can be sprayed with wax, which is very often petroleum or synthetic based.
If, like us, you prefer not to have these unnecessary chemicals in your food, drink and cocktail garnishes, go down the organic route.
At ZestHQ we choose to pay more for certifed organically grown fruit, and we still subject each individual fruit to a thorough scrubbing in fresh water before slicing and drying. Fruit as it should be, becoming dehydrated, sliced fruit for gin & tonic and many many cocktails.
No drinks cabinet should ever be without a lime and these zesty little babes are indispensable for the mixologist. Hailing from Mexico, Peru or Brazil these are a lovely solid little fruit that leaves us with virtually zero waste due to pith or the plug end.
The Persian lime is a green citrus fruit which is typically smaller and tarter than a lemon and can be used as a botanical to flavour gin. Persian lime, also known as Tahiti lime, is a hybrid of Key lime and lemon. It is the best selling variety of lime. It is thought to have been originally cultivated in modern day Iran, before being introduced to the Meditteranean and, by the 18th century, Brazil. In 1824, it was exported to Australia, then Tahiti, California and by 1883, Florida. The fruit is sweeter and larger than the Mexican Key lime and is commonly used in food and drink. Gins using Persian lime as a botanical include Tarquin's Gin, Gilpin's Westmorland Extra Dry Gin and bass & Flinders' Soft & Smooth Gin.
CREDIT David T Smith author of The Gin Dictionary published in the UK by Mitchell Beazley, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
This product comes to you in fully recyclable, resealable pouches.
They are made using single material, therefore easy to recycle.