Post #756599 by finky099 on Wed, Dec 30, 2015 11:39 AM

On 2015-12-22 10:10, HopeChest wrote:
Working in downtown SF and living near Berkeley I have loads of great locals where I can get pretty much everything I need and then some, and usually within walking distance.

Everything except passion fruit syrup.

Trying to find this stuff around here has been frustrating to the extreme. I've been trying for months and months - it's rarer than hen's teeth. I know I could order online but that is somehow much less satisfying than walking out of a store with it, kind of like record shopping.

Well, when it rains it pours, London buses, lightning strikes twice, etc.

Whilst buying my weekly large bottle of Small Hand orgeat I saw Ledger's FINALLY got the SH passion fruit in, so I happily grabbed one. On the way home I stopped at the Ranch 99 market for some limes and after my millionth sweep of the aisles finally located the bottle on the right. I KNEW they had to have some! This is why I was never able to find it before:

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I've not yet gotten into the Small Hand syrup but have put the Sarang Tawon syrup through its paces. It's from Indonesia and has no HFCS, only sugar. It's STRONG - really packs a punch and tends to dominate the drink. This rather surprised me. However, dial whatever the recipe calls for back by 1/4 oz. and it's lovely...

Thanks to your post, I picked up a bottle of the Sarang Tawon last weekend at the 99 Ranch market near me and I love using it. Thanks for the tips on TC to cut back the amount to keep the drink from getting too sweet. This is a vast improvement over the Finest Call puree I had resorted to before.
Cheers!
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