# Cola With Lemon and Lime

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cola-with-lemon-and-lime/966785
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks
**Created:** [June 24, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cola-with-lemon-and-lime/966785 "2022-06-24T18:49:21Z")
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### Author: ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cola-with-lemon-and-lime/966785/30 "2022-08-04T01:16:57Z")

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Finally, an apropos moment to reference [one of my favorite—or at least, most imprinted-upon—Pit threads of all time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-de-lime-in-de-coca-cola/93332) (And I mean “all time”, good heavens, that thread from November 2001 is almost old enough to have alcohol in its cola instead of citrus.)

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> # [You put de lime in de Coca-Cola…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-de-lime-in-de-coca-cola/93332)
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> > [@Lightnin](#):
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> > … NOT LEMON! […]

For 20+ years I have been humming that song parody line whenever I add citrus (lemon or lime, I am not a purist on the matter) to cola.

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