Small Hands Foods Orgeat Syrup

If there's one syrup every serious tiki bartender needs in their arsenal, it's orgeat — and Small Hand Foods makes the best version available in a bottle. Pronounced "or-zha," orgeat is a French almond syrup with a history stretching back centuries, and the backbone of the original 1944 Mai Tai that Trader Vic created in Oakland. Most commercial versions use almond extract and sugar syrup, delivering a flat, candy-like sweetness that falls apart in a cocktail. Small Hand Foods does it properly. Made from California almonds and a small proportion of apricot kernels to give it a distinct marzipan flavor without any added extract, then finished with organic cane sugar, orange flower water, and biodynamic California brandy, the result is a rich, flavorful syrup with genuinely delicate floral notes. The nose delivers subdued marzipan and almond with wafts of floral citrus and honeysuckle blossom, while the palate is creamy and slightly sweet with delicate marzipan flavors and more floral notes emerging. Subtle, not pushy — exactly what a great orgeat should be. Buy Small Hand Foods Orgeat Syrup online with fast shipping right to your door.