When you look at any real estate material promoting an place to live in and they will unfailingly use phrases like "enjoy the metropolitan cafe lifestyle just outside your front door". A cafe culture in your neighborhood is seen as aspirational, invoking images of the foregone Bohemian coffee houses of Europe. This has led to a fair increase in coffee shops, from huge multi-nationals like Starbucks, to unique organic cafes selling Fair trade coffee blends from all over the world.
These coffee shops will typically sell intriguingly flavored coffees such as Dark Amaretto Frappuccino, Gingerbread Mocha, Raspberry Latte etc. These specialty coffees are flavored using one coffee syrup or more. Syrups come in full many flavors, from the aforesaid Amaretto to caramel, almond and numerous fruit flavors such as raspberry and blueberry. To me, nothing beats a strong espresso macchiato, on the other hand if I am going to be ensconced for a while, a longer coffee, flavored with a premium syrup is a consistent option.
Coffee syrups are made from varying quality ingredients which obviously affects the demand. The model brands are made from the finest nuts and fruits and distilled down into the syrup used in coffee. Top brands to look out for in your neighboring coffee shop include Da Vinci, Monin and Dolce. You should look for syrups with a higher quantity of the ingredient compared to the syrup itself. If you are purchasing them for home use, it is worth spending the extra money for the perfect quality brands since they will be cheaper in the long run and you will have a much nicer experience for every cup.
Another thing to look for when selecting a coffee syrup is that more than a few brands are better than others at not curdling the milk if you add it. Quite a lot of cheaper brands are also prone to separating if heated too much. Often, as with the majority of things in life, you get what you pay for.
You might assume that adding syrup to your coffee would be a mortal blow for the weight-conscious, nonetheless a good amount of of the usual brands are fat and cholesterol-free. Indeed sugar-free coffee syrups are readily available without compromising on taste. They are great for individuals on low-carbohydrate diets too.
A Coffee syrup is also not just for coffee. They can be useful in other drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. For instance you can make delicious iced frappes. They are also tasty added to soda water. They are ideal for adding to kid's drinks as you can invent interesting concoctions that are far lower in sugar than normal soft drinks.
Baking is also another wonderful way of using these flavorful syrups. They can actually be used in cakes, cookies and even breads. You are limited purely by the use of your creativity. And let us not put aside the delights of adding a great blob of caramel coffee syrup to vanilla ice cream. Truly superb!
So next time you are in you neighboring coffee house taking pleasure in the Bohemian cafe lifestyle, try adding a flavored coffee syrup to your beverage to take your experience to the next level.
