why Orgeat? - Tiki Drinks and Food

CAA Chip and Andy Member Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai. Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 2277	CAA Chip and Andy Posted posted on Fri, Feb 16, 2007 9:45 AM On 2007-02-16 09:03, aikiman44 wrote: Don't excoriate me, but I've used amaretto instead of orgeat. My only question to you is have you compared the flavor of one against the other? Straight, I mean. Amaretto it a liquore with an alcoholic content, orgeat is a flavoring with little to no alcoholic content. One brings more sweet to the drink than the other. Have you kept that in mind when using one to sub for the other? And then.... what do you think of the cocktails with the substitute? Do you find them better? worse? different? What does the Amaretto bring to the drink as a substitute?

On 2007-02-16 09:03, aikiman44 wrote:
Don't excoriate me, but I've used amaretto instead of orgeat.

My only question to you is have you compared the flavor of one against the other? Straight, I mean. Amaretto it a liquore with an alcoholic content, orgeat is a flavoring with little to no alcoholic content. One brings more sweet to the drink than the other. Have you kept that in mind when using one to sub for the other?

And then.... what do you think of the cocktails with the substitute? Do you find them better? worse? different? What does the Amaretto bring to the drink as a substitute?

Post #286071 by Chip and Andy on Fri, Feb 16, 2007 9:45 AM