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Sirop de quoi?

Posted: May 23rd, 2021, 4:54 pm
by 88V8
Grenadine limonade was my pre-alcohol introduction to French cafe culture during 60s family holidays in Brittany.

In recent decades I've maintained a fairly steady supply of Grenadine as a gin mixer - OK, I have a sweet tooth - and seeking to replenish, I chance upon this eBay supplier who offers not only grenadine but a bewildering lexicon of flavourings.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142289895442?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=441339407898&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Any mixology recommendations?
Do people really add all this to coffee??

V8 (never been in a Costa)

Re: Sirop de quoi?

Posted: May 24th, 2021, 1:44 am
by mc2fool
Wot? No bacon flavouring?!? https://www.bocajava.com/coffee/flavored-coffees/bacon-coffee.html

Or, if you think bacon flavoured coffee is weird, how about the other way round? https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/24/aldi-launches-coffee-infused-bacon-14466266/

:o

Re: Sirop de quoi?

Posted: May 24th, 2021, 7:55 am
by Midsmartin
I don't really like my coffee sweetened, which knocks out all these syrups. For me, flavoured coffee doesn't really work, whereas flavoured tea does. Whittard sell a lovely orange blossom black tea for example.

Re: Sirop de quoi?

Posted: May 24th, 2021, 1:10 pm
by UncleEbenezer
Midsmartin wrote:I don't really like my coffee sweetened, which knocks out all these syrups. For me, flavoured coffee doesn't really work, whereas flavoured tea does. Whittard sell a lovely orange blossom black tea for example.

Coffee itself is a strong flavour that complements other flavours (particularly sweet) nicely. Hence its prevalence in desserts.

Flavoured coffee drinks should really be viewed as a dessert that includes coffee, rather than as a coffee with something else. That way you can enjoy a continuum of coffee-desserts ranging from tiramisu to Irish Coffee ;)

I don't recollect ever encountering a coffee/syrup combination. If I have, it was probably on the sweet trolley at some restaurant - maybe adorning an ice cream or a trifle-style base.