Coffee Syrups

rockbeer

So... does anybody actually use those sweet coffee syrups? If so, what's your favourite?

Also, do you prefer a particular brand or is it all the same to you?

For me, the fastest way to spoil a good coffee is to put milk or sweet stuff in it.

Gran Hermano

I've tried several brands and found 'Philibert Routin 1883 Syrups'
the best. To be totally frank I'd never use them myself but used
to keep a couple of bottles of various flavours in the kitchen for
guests. I'd hate to ruin a decent coffee by disguising the true
flavour - why bother getting decent freshly roasted beans
only to mask the taste with synthetic flavours.

(I can kind of excuse myself if adding a shot of Baileys,whiskey,
rum or such like but that's it for me regarding the occasional
'novelty' additive).

I can understand people who are not big coffee fans liking them
but they're not for me!

Sparks

If you want coffee, don't add syrup.
If you order a mocha though, go nuts. You've already added chocolate anyway.
And a white chocolate mocha with caramel syrup is just pudding in a cup. (Add vanilla and it's even better). But it's not coffee.




Mind you, vanilla seems to be the exception to that rule. But given how it's made, how complex it's flavour is, and that it's usually used in cooking to simultaenously meld disparate flavours and enhance them, that's not hugely surprising.

rubadub

Gran Hermano wrote:

why bother getting decent freshly roasted beans
only to mask the taste with synthetic flavours.

There are some very good ones, not synthetic/artificial.

Gran Hermano wrote:

shot of Baileys,

Some whiskey drinkers would consider that an abomination, just like the OP thinks adding to coffee is.

I have no objection, people should drink what they like, BUT they should always be asked. It is not right when people have to specifically tell a "barista" not to put chocolate powder on a cappuccino, it is like having to tell a barman you do not want ice/lemon/lime in your vodka/whiskey/beer.

For me, the fastest way to spoil a good coffee is to put milk or sweet stuff in it.

and for others, the only way to make coffee palatable is to add milk or sweet stuff to it.

Mr Magnolia

Not for me thanks, each to their own though

dudara

I like them sometimes, even though I'm normally a straight black drinker. It's hard to get nice ones though that don't taste too artificial.

I love espressos mixed with Baileys (equal amounts) or the like. Picked up the habit in Girona in Spain. Yummy.

Mr Magnolia

dudara wrote:

I love espressos mixed with Baileys (equal amounts) or the like. Picked up the habit in Girona in Spain. Yummy.

Same as that, I think I came across it in Barcelona.