Post #758073 by HopeChest on Thu, Jan 28, 2016 10:02 PM

For comparison's sake, I've gone through several bottles of both at this point and feel compelled to update. Hopefully I can explain this properly...

I find myself cutting the Sarang Tawon by slightly over 50% to get the right balance in drinks. A little goes a LOOOOONNNNNNG way. At first I was making up the difference with simple syrup but now I skip that altogether. I also found that if you grab the rock candy syrup by accident to make up the difference instead of simple syrup you may as well have not cut the Sarang Tawon at all and gone full strength. My squeeze bottles are labelled now.

From my first uses I was cutting back on the Small Hand just like I was the Sarang Tawon. It would either be right on the money or weak enough for me to wish I had bumped up the amount. As a result I started cutting back less on the SH than the ST and what I found surprised me - it seemed like there was a point where the SH stopped just getting more and more concentrated (unlike the ST). It was like going from .75 oz of Small Hand to a full ounce didn't up the passion fruit level inasmuch as it just seemed to give a lot more body to the overall flavour profile.

In the end I found the Small Hand to be pretty spot on with 1:1 ratios and giving drinks a subtle richness. The Sarang Tawon is something you need to work at taming for a good balance.

I think it's time to finally break down and order some Auntie Lilikoi PF syrup before trying my hand at homemade.