Current quality of Trader Vic's products? - Tiki Drinks and Food

K kick_the_reverb Tiki Socialite Escondido, CA Joined: Jul 17, 2002 Posts: 581	K kick_the_reverb Posted posted on Fri, Sep 2, 2011 8:19 PM Old (at least 5 years ago, just to be safe) Trader Vic's syrups were ok. Anything current is bad, real bad. I found that the frozen Passion Fruit pulp mixed with simple syrup works well, and tastes tart enough. Real easy to make, as long as you have a fridge. The Trader Tiki PF syrup I have is better than all of the commercial syrups, but it lacks some tartness, so it's a second choice. BTW, in my recent visit to Israel, we had a little drink night where I tried making a reverb crash using the ingerdients they had there. Rosenblatt Brothers home made passion fruit syrup (made from fresh passion fruit), tasted heavenly (especially against Monin and another Israeli brand), but needed to be adjusted up to come through. Ran [ Edited by: kick_the_reverb 2011-09-02 20:19 ]

Old (at least 5 years ago, just to be safe) Trader Vic's syrups were ok. Anything current is bad, real bad.
I found that the frozen Passion Fruit pulp mixed with simple syrup works well, and tastes tart enough. Real easy to make, as long as you have a fridge. The Trader Tiki PF syrup I have is better than all of the commercial syrups, but it lacks some tartness, so it's a second choice.

BTW, in my recent visit to Israel, we had a little drink night where I tried making a reverb crash using the ingerdients they had there. Rosenblatt Brothers home made passion fruit syrup (made from fresh passion fruit), tasted heavenly (especially against Monin and another Israeli brand), but needed to be adjusted up to come through.

Ran

[ Edited by: kick_the_reverb 2011-09-02 20:19 ]

Post #605288 by kick_the_reverb on Fri, Sep 2, 2011 8:19 PM