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Simple syrup, sugar syrup, gum syrup, bartender's gum, ... these three names are often used to refer to the same thing, a drink sweetener made of sugar and water (see previous post). However, true gum syrup (or gomme) is a little different than the rest and if you have not tried it in a cocktail you are missing out on an experience that will surely enhance your drinking ... Real gomme syrup contains gum arabic, an emulsifier that aids the mixing of the sweet syrup and a cocktail's alcohol and
In the spirit of getting back to "bar basics" this month, I am going to take this next week to talk about drink sweeteners, those bar essentials that make our cocktails, just that much, better. I'll get to gomme and other syrups, nectars, and bar mixes, but today let's talk about the most important of sweets ... Simple syrup is sort of complicated, and by that I mean that there is not one "true" recipe for it. There is the option of whether to mix the sugar and water at 2:1 or 1:1 and whether to