Eamon Rockey

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

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.

Chocolate Martini

At Betony in New York City, Eamon Rockey mixes his housemade crème de cacao with vodka and nutty amontillado sherry for a refined riff on this kitschy dessert cocktail.