Cheeky is a producer of an enormous vary of cocktail syrups, juices, mixers, and extra, and whereas picks like Cheeky’s scorching honey syrup and even its bottled lime and lemon juices can provide a simple shortcut when your cocktail mixing time is brief, at the moment we’re going to speak about one product in particular: Cheeky’s Marcona Almond Orgeat.
As a Mai Tai fanatic, I at all times have orgeat available — or, no less than, almond syrup. As common readers know I’m an unapologetic fan of Torani’s almond syrup, which is probably not historically made however which does a terrific job in cocktails. Cheeky’s orgeat is uncommon in that it’s constructed from Marcona almonds — the king of the almond — and features a little sea salt to brighten issues up (together with rose water and gum arabic). It’s acquired a grayish-brown shade within the bottle. I don’t usually love opaque orgeats like this on account of their tendency to separate over time — and Cheeky isn’t any exception, rapidly turning into striated within the bottle. Not solely do you need to shake it vigorously within the bottle to maintain it collectively, you need to watch your cocktail to verify it doesn’t break after it’s been crafted. Embody a swizzle with any cocktail you serve.
The syrup nevertheless is stable: Reasonably nutty and evenly candy, it balances the 2 sides of the equation to create a syrup that retains toasted nuts within the forefront with out turning into overwhelmingly sugary. The affect of utilizing Marcona almonds takes issues surprisingly nearer to peanut butter moderately than almond, with parts of butterscotch and milk chocolate making sturdy appearances. However above all, the nuts arrive as well-toasted and roasted, including a barely savory component alongside lingering sweetness because the end builds. Nearly excellent in a Mai Tai.
Use it fast: It’s finest inside 2 to three weeks after opening.
A / $9 per 2 oz bottle / cheekycocktails.co
Cheeky Marcona Almond Orgeat
$9
