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Little fragrant Tiare
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 12, 2007
Posts: 181 |  Posted: 2013-03-07 03:59 am Permalink
So what makes a syrup brown? i can think about demerara or muscovado sugars, coke, nuts, coffee, roots and spices? i have never had that drink so i have no idea what it could be..but i been fascinated by this subject for years..lol
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Rawim
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 04, 2010
Posts: 109
From: Palmdale, CA
| Posted: 2013-03-07 8:57 pm Permalink
Yeah, I have had that question rolling around in my head for quite a while. It isn't a spice of any kind, not coffee or nutty flavor. It might be a brown sugar syrup of some time. Thinking back they don't use a specific passion fruit syrup/puree. So I wonder if they maybe just mix the passion fruit puree with some dark rum and water to thin it out and darken it up. The only thing that was keeping me back on this was was that adding booze to a syrup raises costs. And this drink is probably relatively cheap when they sell it for 6 bucks on Wednesdays. Further experimentation will happen this weekend.
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Little fragrant Tiare
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 12, 2007
Posts: 181 | Posted: 2013-03-08 03:46 am Permalink
I think booze in the syrup is out of the question, like you said, too expensive. Maybe they make a syrup with different sugars? for example there´s light, medium and dark muscovado sugars and the dark for example does have some liqorice flavors in it mingled with a heavy molasses flavor while the medium lack the liqorice and have a lighter and if possible? sweeter taste and the light muscovado is to me even lighter in the molasses type flavor.
I made a syrup once with all 3 of them where the biggest part was the medium dark muscovado.
Then again when i think about it i don`t think they made muscovado syrup with the 3 types, it´s just an idea of what direction i`m thinking...
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hiltiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 2773
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2013-03-08 07:42 am Permalink
Just to get back to what actually is poured at Tiki T according to PiPhiRho from previous post,
"I have watched the Mike's mix this drink many times. It is always mixed from unmarked bottles, except for the Coruba. the recipe is this":
- a pour of clear stuff from an unmarked bottle
- a pour of yellow stuff from an unmarked bottle
- a pour of red stuff from an unmarked bottle
- maybe something secret down below the counter
- a splash of soda water (as with almost all the drinks they make)
- Shake, pour and strain into a highball glass
- float with Coruba
This is what I saw and I actually took notes
half a jigger of a creamy color (orgeat color) thing
half a jigger of a reddish purplish color (watered down grape juice color) thingy, this one was thick, he kept on tapping it in order to pour it
half a jigger simple syrup
one jigger white alcohol
splash of soda
Coruba on top
go figure.
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