Limes don't taste the same as calamansi and the "concentrated' calamansi juice in stores never tastes very good. I grow a lot of my own calamansi; I've got 14 trees here but I have to bring them inside for the winter and being in containers they never get quite as large or as productive as I'd like. - - Even with 14 trees I still end up needing to find good substitutes.

You can certainly use a lime for many recipes where the flavor of the calamansi isn't critical however limes (notably the common 'persian limes' that are routinely found throughout the US) just don't taste the same so if you want to get the same flavor I'd suggest combining lime and tangerine juice which comes a lot closer to matching the natural taste of Calamansi.

Also if you can find Kumquats they taste a lot more like calamansi than a lime.

Hi Harvey

I am glad the BF loves your cooking 🙂

Have you tried making calamansi bars? I think with a little bit of experimenting, the calamansi concentrate will be a good substitute for the calamansi juice.

We have an entire bottle of calamansi concentrate sitting in the fridge (we got it for ONE summer drink recipe) and don't know what to do with it. Just realized I could've used it for the Asado dish. Any ideas on how to properly use it up without it going to waste? Thanks!

Thanks, Michael, for sharing. Limes are indeed more accessible here in the U.S. than our calamansi and I do use regularly as a substitute for dishes that call for calamansi. Have to try it still as juice. 🙂