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Cocktails’ Best Supporting Ingredient: DIY Orgeat

Orgeat, an almond syrup dating back to the 1300s, has always played second fiddle to traditional cocktail sweeteners. But the old-school ingredient has a distinct personality, and is being renewed…

• story: Kenzi Wilbur
• photo: Daniel Krieger

glossary

Orgeat

An opaque, sweet almond syrup often laced just slightly with orange blossom or rose water, or both, orgeat first started making regular appearances in bar manuals in the 1860s.

• story: Leslie Pariseau
• photo: Daniel Krieger

glossary

Orgeat

(n.): A sweet almond-based syrup flavored with orange flower water. French in origin, it is used as a cocktail mixer in many classic drinks, such as the Mai Tai, the…

• story: Leslie Pariseau