Dark Magic pays respect to the Mai Kai and 2006’s Hukilau as the syrup components of one of the first cocktails created for Tiki Kon by Craig ‘Colonel Tiki’ Hermann. Coffee, Vanilla, & Passionfruit create a perfect dark tropical background to shine the light of lime, pineapple, grapefruit, or other bright vegetal flavors.
Category: SOS Syrup Library
(Seven Cs of) Java Syrup
A rich deep symphony of coffee and the shape of the western Powder Douce masala, this syrup works just as well to make a spiced cold coffee latte as in a tropical exotic cocktail. Coffee, Cassia, Cinnamon, Clove, Cardamom, Cane and Coconut sugar create an intoxicating taste experience.
Powder Douce Nouveau Syrup
Powder Douce Nouveau is a new-world development from Powder Douce. Jamaican and other Caribbean allspice’s wide range of flavor substitutes for all but the cinnamon in this new take on the western masala. Cassia Cinnamon and Allspice create a sharp, ‘apple-pie’ spice as a useful ‘strong’ flavor expression compared to the softness of the ‘old.’
Powder Douce Syrup
Based on The Colonel’s riff of a popular and widespread western spice mixture in Medieval and Renaissance European cuisine. Ceylon Cinnamon, Cassia Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg, Mace, Ginger, and Indian Bay Leaf meld into a familiar ‘pumpkin spice,’ soft and well-balanced expression.
Clove Syrup
Cloves are a unique spice in the expression of their almost singular scent and flavor, Eugenol. Carnations and Pinks (the flower, not the color) also have a heavy Eugenol presence, as do other spices in traces. Like linalool, it is a flavor that connects other spices together. Here in the clove, we have just Eugenol,…
Ginger Syrup
Ginger is a tough ingredient to coax out the balance of flavors I look for in a Syrup. It can be too spicy and not aromatic enough, it can be too ‘green,’ or ‘earthy.’ It can also easily overpower. The trick is in the extraction technique and temperatures used as well as a double-process. The…
Jamaica Jamaica
Jamaica Jamaica is Colonel Tiki’s choice for ‘grenadine’ in all recipes, as well as a taste sensation in itself. The name is wordplay on the two flavors , Allspice (Jamaican Pepper, English Pepper, Pimento) and Hibiscus (Jamaica, Sorrel). The combination of allspice and sorrel is a perfect match and the astringency of both botanicals balance…
Cinnamons Syrup
Ceylon Cinnamon here joins cassia cinnamon, the larger genotype grown throughout southeast Asia and the Indonesian islands. C. cassia is the Chinese and Vietnamese cinnamons, and C. burmanii is the closely related version grown in Indonesia. The cassias differ from Ceylon in that they only produce two flavor-related compounds – Cinnamaldehyde and Coumarin – thus…
Ceylon Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum is cinnamon traditionally grown on the island of Sri Lanka. Different from its relation cassia to the east by the softer flavor and species, Ceylon Cinnamon is a mixture of sweetness, cinnamon, citrus, and earthy flavors. The delicate richness of ‘True’ Cinnamon is a pleasure to use in combination with other ingredients that…