Cocktails with Orange juice
Orange juice is the unfermented juice expressed from mature sweet oranges of the species Citrus sinensis.
Taste profile
Round and pulpy on the palate with a soft, slightly viscous body, finishing on moderate acidity behind a medium sweetness and a pronounced fresh sweet-orange aroma.
How it's used
Shaken into the build so the pulp aerates and integrates, it works as a juice component supplying sweetness, body and aroma together; the fresh, pasteurized and from-concentrate forms differ measurably in balance, so freshness at the point of use changes what it contributes.
Substitutes for Orange juice
Poorly substitutable when the sweet-orange character is the point, since that aroma is specific to Citrus sinensis; its sweetness and acidity can be approximated with a sweetener plus another citrus juice, but the aroma cannot be reconstructed and mandarin juice is a different species.
Often confused with
Mandarin/tangerine juice
Orange juice is defined as the juice of the sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, whereas mandarin or tangerine juice comes from Citrus reticulata, a distinct species specifically excluded from the orange juice standard. The two differ in sugar-to-acid balance and aroma despite both being sold casually as 'orange'.
