Orange Liquor Throwdown Challenge - Tiki Drinks and Food

T TikiJosh Member Joined: Feb 01, 2005 Posts: 735	T TikiJosh Posted posted on Wed, Mar 14, 2007 10:25 AM Not to derail the topic here, but homemade orgeat sounds very interesting. What recipe do you use Scottes? As for store bought orgeat, I've found that the Torani brand (for italian sodas or coffee) is as good as the Trader Vics. Although, I must confess, I've never read the ingredient list. What is HFCS, anyway? So, back on topic. Scottes makes a good point. I could use nothing but Barbados rum in my Mai Tai, but I could still make judgments about what each orange liqueur does to my particular recipe, and how the overall taste is affected. Even though I might be using a different recipe than someone else, I think I could still tell you that Triple Sec makes for a sweeter drink than Curacao. So in that sense, as long as a bastard Mai Tai is made consistently, then rum choice should have a smaller impact on the orange liqueur hoe-down throw-down.

Not to derail the topic here, but homemade orgeat sounds very interesting. What recipe do you use Scottes?
As for store bought orgeat, I've found that the Torani brand (for italian sodas or coffee) is as good as the Trader Vics. Although, I must confess, I've never read the ingredient list. What is HFCS, anyway?

So, back on topic. Scottes makes a good point. I could use nothing but Barbados rum in my Mai Tai, but I could still make judgments about what each orange liqueur does to my particular recipe, and how the overall taste is affected. Even though I might be using a different recipe than someone else, I think I could still tell you that Triple Sec makes for a sweeter drink than Curacao. So in that sense, as long as a bastard Mai Tai is made consistently, then rum choice should have a smaller impact on the orange liqueur hoe-down throw-down.

Post #291820 by TikiJosh on Wed, Mar 14, 2007 10:25 AM