Limes taste absolutely fantastic in lighter beers, guacamole, mojitos and other mixed drinks, and just as good old limeade. While you could just put the fruit in your hand and squeeze really hard like a caveman you just don’t want to look uncivilized, you don’t actually get all of the juice when you use this method, and seeds and pulp get included with the juice. A lime squeezer will solve these issues for you.

While entertaining you don’t want to spend all of your time making drinks for everyone. Instead of spending your evening in the kitchen hand squeezing limes, or cutting them into wedges, just use a corona lime squeezer to squirt juice into the Mexican beer of choice. Some versions of this fun kitchen gadget even have a nozzle that gets the lime juice into that tiny bottle opening.

If you run a professional restaurant you should consider this tool because of reduced waste. You might go through 100 limes a night. If you gain 10% more juice out of each lime you could easily save $1000 a year. That’s a great return on investment for a tool that might cost you $20. Plus your employees will spend less time cleaning up the lime juice.

The last reason a lime squeezer is such a nice idea is because they work like a garlic press. The screen in the cup keeps all the pulp and seeds from getting into your drink, batter, or dish which is not exactly what you’re looking for in your alcoholic beverage or Mexican dish.

Regardless if you choose to go with a cheap simple metal lime squeezer or expensive power coated multi sized fruit juicer you’ll enjoy your decision, get more time at the party, spend less money on limes, and not have to chew on nasty lime pulp. A win-win-win for the squeezer.