Orgeat Syrup
Orgeat is a sweet almond syrup, often accented with orange flower water, giving it a nutty, floral sweetness distinct from plain sugar syrups. It has more body and complexity than simple syrup. It is a defining sweetener in tiki and other almond-accented cocktails.
Allergens: tree nuts
Common uses
- sweetener in tiki cocktails
- adds nutty depth to shaken sours
Buying & storage
Weeks once opened: Opened, it is on a clock — oxidation flattens it well before the bottle looks empty. Refrigerate it and use it.
Storage: refrigerate after opening and use within a couple of weeks
Before it goes
Use up orgeat syrup
Ranked by how much of it each drink uses and how little else it needs — the ones at the top will not send you back to the shop.
- Scorpion Bowl
Uses 45ml. Also needs white rum, brandy or cognac, fresh orange juice, fresh lemon juice.
- Virgin Mai Tai
Uses 20ml. Also needs pineapple juice, fresh lime juice, fresh orange juice.
- Mai Tai
Uses 15ml. Also needs aged gold rum, orange curaçao, fresh lime juice, dark rum.
- Fog Cutter
Uses 15ml. Also needs gin, white rum, brandy or cognac, fresh orange juice, fresh lemon juice, cream sherry.
Recipes
Cocktails containing this ingredient
Stand-in
Where orgeat syrup is a recommended substitute
Recipes that name it as a swap for something else, with what it replaces.
- Zombiein place of falernum
- Rum Swizzlein place of falernum
- Corn 'n Oilin place of falernum
Swap it
Possible substitutions
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