Home brew orgeat - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Scottes Member A Little North Of Boston Joined: Feb 18, 2007 Posts: 490	S Scottes Posted posted on Tue, Jun 1, 2010 9:20 AM On 2010-05-20 18:32, seabass wrote: Scottes, I'd be interested on your take on the difference between your extract orgeat and the orgeat you made by straining almonds. Was there a big difference in taste? If tasted side by side blind tasting do you believe you could say one was superior to the other? Yes, and yes. Easily. But this won't be tasted side-by-side - it will be tasted in a Mai Tai, right? In that case this difference is more subtle. I could probably tell the difference in a side-by-side test of two otherwise identical Mai Tais. But I doubt that I could tell the difference if I started the night with the real stuff and then switched to a lesser mix.

On 2010-05-20 18:32, seabass wrote:
Scottes,

I'd be interested on your take on the difference between your extract orgeat and the orgeat you made by straining almonds. Was there a big difference in taste? If tasted side by side blind tasting do you believe you could say one was superior to the other?

Yes, and yes. Easily.

But this won't be tasted side-by-side - it will be tasted in a Mai Tai, right? In that case this difference is more subtle. I could probably tell the difference in a side-by-side test of two otherwise identical Mai Tais. But I doubt that I could tell the difference if I started the night with the real stuff and then switched to a lesser mix.

Post #533457 by Scottes on Tue, Jun 1, 2010 9:20 AM