Post #473795 by GatorRob on Sun, Aug 2, 2009 2:51 PM

On 2009-07-24 15:32, kick_the_reverb wrote:
Here's a quote from Beachbum Berry that he just sent me:

Aloha Ran,

I totally agree; the hassle of making orgeat isn't worth it if you only use a dash or two once in a while. Purists may object to my favorite brands because they do have artificial ingredients in them, but I judge on taste alone (hey, we're not drinking cocktails for health reasons!)

I like two brands: The absolute best-tasting is Premiere Essence from Roskin Incorporated, made by Bob Esmino -- who actually was a bar manager at Steve Crane's Kon-Tiki restaurants back in the 1960s. Unfortunately you have to order it, as it hasn't hit stores yet:

http://roskinincorporated.com/tropicalmixes.html

I REALLY hate to disagree with the Bum (a second time), but...

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=21769&forum=10&vpost=343028

Tasting it straight about made me gag.