Post #163205 by Kukoae on Thu, Jun 2, 2005 7:03 PM

I just located this at my local market (living in SF Valley has many advantages - all of the Middle Eastern/Eastern European folks for starters)...

It's quite inexpensive ($3.69). It's completely unsweetened and has no additives (like the rest of Sadaf's product line), so it only has whatever natural sweeteners a pomegranate possesses.

It's been too long since I've had real Grenadine syrup - I remember it from the mid-1970s when I had "Shirley Temples", but that was mixed with ginger ale, and I can't be sure the grenadine wasn't fake already by then.

But I tried 2tsps of it with 2 tsps of my homemade Simple Syrup with 11oz of San Pellegrino sparkling water, and it was pretty tasty. You had a solid taste of the pomegranate, with a bit of its natural bitterness still. Maybe I needed more sweetener.

I LIKE the flavour of it - it's definitely a strong pomegranate flavour, but this doesn't speak to how close it is to the "real" grenadine.

I'd need to get a bottle of genuine grenadine that people can confirm "tastes the way it should" for mixing purposes.

I'd hazard a guess that 1 part Sadaf pomegranate "paste" (it's really a syrup) to 2 parts simple syrup would probably right on target. The great thing is you can dial-in the amount of sweetening power for your application rather easily. (I'm really enjoying the concept of this Simple Syrup).

If Beachbum or other experienced barhands can confirm what "real grenadine" tastes like... should it have all of the pomegranate's flavour profiles intact? (Sour with some bitter and sweet), or is it more of a "sweetener" in drinks?

=Kukoae=