Post #686317 by The Gnomon on Thu, Jul 18, 2013 4:09 AM

It's hard to believe that I posted this six years ago. I just bought some almonds to make a batch of real orgeat, but it's still a pain in the ass to do, so I rely on Emergency Orgeat more than anything else. Main difference over the years is that the store-bought almond milk seems to be going downhill in quality. Right now I'm using Pacific Organic Unsweetened Almond Milk, but whatever "improvements" they've made to it over the years seem to keep the micro-particles suspended in the liquid longer (takes longer for it to settle out) and the foam created in the blending process is thicker in consistency. Emergency Orgeat is very thin, not thick and creamy like the real stuff. But when you need a Mai Tai...now...

[ Edited by: The Gnomon 2013-07-18 04:11 ]