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Orgeat | How to Drink
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- Опубліковано 11 сер 2016
- In this episode of How to Drink, I’m showing you how you can make a simple syrup like Orgeat in your own home. I recommend making your own syrup because it is quick, easy, and a lot cheaper then going out and buying some!
Ingredients:
1 pound almonds
Water to cover
Blend/Pulverize
Strain/juice
Add equal measure of sugar
Half a teaspoon of orange flower water
heat on stove till emulsified.
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"Who's got time for 'quaint' when there's drinking on the line?"
Like a Hunter Thompson riff there.
This honors me
Or 80s Tom waits
I'm a little late to the party but I have a few tips for anyone that might stumble across this.
Soak your almonds in a brine of 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon lemon juice (fresh) and 250 ml water for 200 grams of almonds overnight before making.
The salt softens the almonds and makes it easier to draw out the liquid from the almonds, making you end up with more almond milk.
The lemon juice destroys a chemical called Tannin which tastes bitter making you end up with a sweeter and more flavourful end product.
Thanks so much for this
Would that lemon tip go along with a reduction in the amount of sugar used?
In other words, activate those almonds!
do i just use the brine or fresh water for blending?
@@higochumbo8932 Sugar is a natural preservative. If you reduce it you will first of all now create the right profile but you will also create something that spoils faster. If you replace the sugar with a non nutritive sweetener like steava monk fruit or artificial sweetener again you will not have enough sugar to prevent spoilage.
are you serious dude?!?! you may have just single-handedly revolutionized the tedium that is making your own nut milk!!!!!! it's so simple it hurts(my pride)!
Chris Norman There are so, so many ways I want to reply to this message, but instead I’m just going to say thank you so much, and I’m glad I could help!
NUT milk. To be seen everywhere on pornhub.
Thank you so much for the video Greg. I've been making orgeat for my bar for months, and never thought to use my juicer. Worked like a charm, thanks so much.
Awesome! Happy to help!
Hi Greg, I love your show and I'm a big fan, have watched every episode like 100 times!!!!! I really like your idea of using the juicer but have a couple questions.
1. Do you need the everclear, would it be ok without?
2. Exactly how long does it last/would it last without?
Thank you so much
I'd never heard of Everclear before watching this video, but I typically use Vodka as a preserving agent for my syrups, so I imagine that would work for Orgeat as well. From what I've been told that little bit of alcohol from the vodka will make it last 3 months in the fridge instead of 1 month.
Trickery Thank you so much
Love your channel man, keep up the great work!
Been binge-watching your show all day after randomly stumbling upon your newest video. Keep up the good quality, this channel is great!
Not flaming but a hell of a lot simpler to do what my wife did: go buy a bottle for a few bucks.
Also did you call it a “spirit”? No booze in it.
I just made something with Genever , Orgeat and ginger ale.
Could be better imo.
Suggestions ?
@@Bamaboompa pinch of salt, 15ml fresh lime juice and 2 dashes of orange bitters
You always have neat little twists or techniques. Great stuff.
Thanks for this! Had a delicious cocktail recently featuring orgeat and had never heard of it, so this is helpful
The music and humor made this really upbeat. Cheers!
A little thing, since Orange flower water is made from a cold steam extracting process to preserve its fresh aromatic profile, I'd only dump it in after chilling the syrup. Also, boiling the syrup it's not the best. Try 55C but mix the almonds with warm water. I loved the idea of using a juicer to speed up the filtering process
Was scared to use my juicer on almonds so I used your video to make grenadine and a different one for Orgeat. The homemade syrups change the game. I'll never use commercial grenadine, falernum or Orgeat ever again.
There’s a very small number of commercial brands I like, mainly Small Hand Foods. I used her syrups as a kind of “good example” when I first starting making my own, because if you’ve never had great orgeat, how do you know what it’s supposed to taste like?
Looks easy to make! Thanks! Love the music!
Thank you!
Love the videos, keep them up!
stumbled across this video after watching a lot of your newer ones and you've come so far! this one is so different to your orgeat video from three months ago as well!
Ah, excellent... I've been looking for this. Thanks!
great episode!! first one without a drink at the end... might need a hand-in for the end
I come around here to these old videos every now and then .. not much has changed, except for the gray on your head my old friend. Lol love your show man.
Your videos are probably my favorite cocktail videos on youtube! And that's saying a lot with Morgenthaler and Robert Hess as competition.
Keep it up man!
I am deeply humbled! thank you!
is morgenthaler doing anything, aside from vodka promotion?
also morgenthaler.
Last year, once or twice a week on smallscreendrinks but this year, nothing
Last I have seen from him are the videos for Stoli.
TheCrypticCode
yeah these are the one I was talking about,
he really sells out quite a bit in them,
This was super informative my good man; going to apply the techniques with coconut. Thank you sir!
Oh that should be interesting!
Nice video , first video from you that I seen and I subscribed!
Holy shit, so, I just started watching your videos about 2 years ago. It is fun to watch some of your earlier videos. You look a lot more nervous, but damn, still learning from you so...Thank you man! Cheers!
Just stumbled across your channel and I'm hooked. I love the juicer tip - make it a power strainer. Boss move.
Thank you! It really revolutionized my orgeat production.
Your a natural greg!!
Thank you Jennifer!
very nice channel, subbed!
looks great! does anyone know how long this and other syrups will last in a quick pour bottle?
Why am I watching this? I'm allergic to almonds. 😂 oh right, because it's Greg and he's one of my favorite creators on this platform
From what I understand, traditional orgeat uses bitter almonds, as opposed to the more commonly available sweet almond. Bitter almonds contain more cyanotic compounds, which creates that distinct flavor associated with almond extract. In fact, many of the orgeat recipes I've seen call for almond extract since most people will only have access to sweet almonds.
That being said-did you use bitter almonds? If not, did you find the flavor was very similar to what an orgeat should taste like or would you recommend supplementing this recipe with almond extract?
As an aside, your videos are great and have really given my cocktail game a huge step up so keep up the good work!
10/10 as per usual
Thank you! Too kind!
Great to get the definition of all your syrups because sometimes I don't know what the hell the stuff is your putting in the drinks.
You’re the king
Thank you!!❤
just remember that he has a vitamix. blending almonds in an average blender can mess with the blades.
bruh anything my teeth get through with ease should be fine for a spinning metal blade
I just realized this show is what pushed me over the edge to buy a controller and purchase CupHeads and join in the masochistic foray into the 30's.
I need to get this game. Punishingly difficult platformers are my jam.
In France we just drink this with water or turn it into a slushie drink you can just buy really tasty brands
Love your show! I just wonder how you store your syrups and grenadine and the like? Do you keep them refrigerated or in room temperature?
In the fridge. They keep for a long time like that. If the syrup is made inverse (2 parts sugar to 1 parts liquid) it can be stored at room temperature, but I feel better about them being in the fridge all the same.
Hello i'm from México, playa del carmen, excellent clip
It’s going to go towards a bourbon cocktail! I need to go ahead and start my drink page lol!
Anybody try making this by toasting the almonds first? Or am I getting too fancy here?
It is tricky. Thx
Love your channel 👍😎🍹🗿🌴
Woah!
I can do this! I can do this!
If you are looking for an interesting cocktail to make with Orgeat, we do a Buried Hatchet at Public House in Amarillo,Tx.
Recipe
1.5 oz Rye Whiskey
1 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Orgeat
.5 oz Angustora Bitters
Shake with an egg white
Serve in a coupe with a torched rosemary.
Try it out for your channel!
That sounds like a fine sour. I'll have to make that.
George Parkins I’m telling you man, you will not regret it!
Bruce, can you please tell me how I can make this into a cocktail?
Is everclear used to preserve anything else, like a regular simple syrup?
Charming chap.
Nice of you to say!
Love the video, he looks like an Italian Kevin James
thank you, this Is awesome, I have so much trouble finding Orgeat syrup. question, how long does it last with the everclear in it? and where do you get the orange blossom water? huge fan of the show, keep up the awesome videos
I think I got my orange flower water at a grocery store in nyc, but it's readily available online.
The .25 oz. ever clear has no real effect I think... I keep doing it because I have no reason not to. In the fridge I find that Orgeat will last quite a long time, months.
+How To Drink ill have to look around here in Florida or ill look online.
i figured it would last a long time but I wasn't too sure lol. thank you for replying so quickly
Asian markets often have it. I think it's an Indian or middle eastern ingredient
So it's like marzipan syrup? I bet that would be good in coffee too
Hi Greg! I'm a big fan of your videos! Is there any common substitute for orgeat that doesn't involve almonds for people who are allergic?
Eek, sadly there is not. Not that I know of at least.
The guy who runs Howie's Tiki in Houston TX has a secret recipe that, I believe, uses something other than almonds for this same reason. You may want to reach out to him.
I had the pleasure of trying macadamia orgeat once at a bar in brooklyn, and it was fantastic. Same technique i'm sure.
orgeat from the french orge, means barley. make it with barley
you're kidding right?
i think ill just drink that right out of the pan, thank you
Unclear Sector agreed
Thank god there's a simpler way to make it
Where do you get the glass bottles for your homemade syrups?
I found those specific ones at my local grocery store collecting dust at the back of a shelf. They'd probably been priced in the 80's and never changed, I snapped them up for $1.25 a bottle. They're a very common design though, you can easily find them on Amazon.
+How To Drink I'll have to keep an eye out at local shops and yard sales. Thanks for responding so promptly!
Can you just us an organic unflavored almond milk?
Could you just use almond milk as a base for the syrup?
Do you leave your speed pours in all the time? How do you store it and how long does it last (with a speed pour on)? Thanks!
For my syrups I do. I keep them in the fridge, and in my experience it lasts for months without issue.
Syrups that contain fruit juices or fruit parts (citrus zest for example) can grow mold in my experience, but by making them inverse (2 parts sugar to 1 part water) you should be able to mitigate that as well.
Thanks! I see you used everclear in your orgeat so it will keep. Do you do that in all your syrups?
I don't, and I probably should have just cut that out of the episode. It's something I was taught once and I still do it, but there's no way the final ABV is anywhere high enough to be functioning as a preservative.
Could you use almond milk?
Can I start with store bought almond milk?
Might be a dumb question but what would store bought almond milk and some sugar end up with?
I don't think that would taste like Orgeat. I know people have gotten some results using store bought almond milk, but I'm not sure how. They may be adding almond extract to it. The Store milk is really stripped down to get the almond flavor out of it.
For those of us without a quality blender or juicer, would unsweetened almond milk work for this?
I get asked this a lot. I've read people who say it does, I'm not sure I agree. The results of my blended and spun almonds do not taste like unsweetened almond milk to me, but I'd be interested in the results of your efforts. The traditional method of doing this just involves a lot more soaking time and the use of either cheese cloth or something called, I kid you not, a nut bag.
@@howtodrink i wonder if you could use almond meal and really speed up the process, being that the almond meal is pre-ground so just adding enough water to make the paste consistency and then let it soak a little?
Good God I want a mai tai
Would love to make my own Orgeat, I don't have an ACME JUICERator though, any suggestions on what I can use for that step?
Using a juicer is something I figured out to speed up the process. There's a lot of recipes out there though, here's one from Imbibe magazine: imbibemagazine.com/homemade-orgeat-recipe/
The technique they advise with the cheesecloth is the more standard approach, you can modify the ratios to suit your taste.
You can also buy orgeat. I like Small Hand Foods: smallhandfoods.com/store/syrups/orgeat
On the other hand a quick search on eBay found me this baby...
www.ebay.com/itm/252473220525
Awesome, now can you use the orgeat to make an Army-Navy? I would like to see you make with both herbal Gin and Genever.
I've tried this and other orgeats. Call me crazy but I think Fee Brothers orgeat makes the best Mai Tai.
I haven’t got my hands on fee brothers yet, I should try it oit
How To Drink Fee's has a lot of orange flavor and not nearly as much almond as homemade orgeat. I've made Mai Tai's side by side and in my opinion Fee's has better flavor, mouth feel and makes the drink have a more appealing color. It's also nice that it's really cheap. My tastes are a little sweeter than what yours seem to be but I'd give Fee's a try.
@@TheBskids Ok I'll be the one that calls you crazy.
In a pinch could I just use store bought almond milk?
Great video, very informative. How crucial is the orange flower water? Is there a substitute you can use?
Orange flower water isn’t really something that can be substituted, it’s pretty unique. You could skip it, and the orgeat will still be plenty almondy, but it will lack some complexity and lightness.
What brand orange flower water?
what brand of orange flower water is that?
What happens if the almonds are toasted?
Can you use almond milk instead of juicing almonds?
I know some people do. I've never tried it, but I will say, the almond "juice" is way more almondy tasting than almond milk
The answer is pretty much no ............
opinion on just using an unsweetened good almond milk and skipping making your own? is it that differetn?
I was thinking the same thing. Did you end up trying it?
@@CNhuman28 i did not unfortunately :/
How long do the syrups last? And do the need any type of refrigeration?
freeze it and it basically will last forever. put it in the fridge and it will last about 4 weeks. don't put it in the fridge and you're probably looking at 2 or 3 weeks. the more sugar you put in it the longer it will keep. these are just based on my personal experience. there is bacteria everywhere. buyer beware. don't blame me if this doesnt' work out for you.
wait what !? ACME is a real company? XD
Is orange flower water, the same as orange blossom water?
Yes it is!
Greg, do u think I can use commercial packaged almond milk?
Yes! Please, I have the same question. Can you use store bought almond milk instead of blending almonds?
Do you think this same recipe could apply to Pecan Orgeat?
I had no idea how to pronounce 'orgeat.' Could you make a simple syrup and use almond extract for orgeat if you don't have the resources for this recipe?
Is there some kind of replacement for orgeat? I’m allergic to almonds (specifically almonds not all nuts)
Considering that the purpose of using orgeat over simple syrup is the almond flavor, it's not perfectly replacable. But thinking for a bit, pistachio is probably the closest you'll come for flavor to almonds. Maybe try it with pistachios instead if you aren't allergic to them.
@@Explosive371 thank you! I’ll give it a try- it’s just almonds and I hate it cause I love almonds
Could i use Almond extract and make an almond simple syrup with it and water/sugar? or is it not the same (Want so badly to have a mai tai haha)
I've never tried that route. I know some recipes do use extract though so I don't think it's completely out of the question.
Thanks for the response! I might try it and then run out and order a mai tai from a bar and see if the difference is worth me making my own (Nowhere around Australia seems to sell it).
There certainly are wholesalers here that sell it! Hard to come by, though. Ask a cocktail bar where they get their orgeat syrup from or at least the brand, it's doable.
Could I just use store bought almond milk?
yeah it is the better option really if you're aiming for consistency and great taste.
If i dont have orange flower water, what can i use instead?
It's basically impossible to substitute, I'm sorry to say.
you can use rose water as well, but orange flower is way more common
"I found this in my in-law's basement" INCREDIBLE
It's pronounced or-ZHAH, like the "zhah" in the late Zsa Zsa Gabor (may she rest in peace.) But still, great video. As Alton Brown once said, "We never buy what we can make."
can you use store bought almond milk and do it that way?
Some do, I’ve never tried it. I will say that the almond milk I make here doesn’t taste anything like store bought.
Serious question. You said in the video you basically made almond milk as one step. Could I theoretically use premade almond milk to make orgeat. I guess it wouldn't be as good and I could just buy finished orgeat, but I didn't find it where I usually buy it
The almond to water ratio is really close, so you'd end up with a very thick, concentrated almond milk. I'd say it will not work.
@@kjronning1 thank you. I ended up using the recipe from the video
Would a modern day juicer work just as well
is your orgeat oily? especially after mixing it as a cocktail. I've tried making almond syrup through another method before (including toasting the almonds), and it ended up kinda oily, which made the drink look quite gross after mixing it with soda water.
I'm not sure I'd say it's "oily" but it is fatty. A big portion of what winds up in the bottle is the monounsaturated fat that's prominent in almonds (all nuts really) so it could be that you're seeing that. Some people, and most commercial manufacturers, strain or filter this out, but I haven't had any reason to so far. It doesn't go bad fast, or taste "off" and it makes my favorite Mai Tai. The Fats can separate in the fridge, i just shake it up a bit before using.
Thank you!
I feel weird watching this at 2pm....at work
As long as your boss doesn't find out...
Does that or shot syrup have to be refrigerated
Sorry have a stupid smartphone does the syrup have to be refrigerated
Give it to me straight, how shitty would this turn out if I just used store bought original unsweetened almond milk? I have no juicer and my blender is an actual dinosaur.
Did you try and find out if that method sucks?
@@tylerroberts4188 Having tried that, it's actually very, very good!
some say it is actually better because it gives more consistent results. i don't really know but that does make sense to me.
@@citizenofvenus better than store bought Orgeat?
How long does a batch of Orgeat last for?
Hello, I am rather late to the party here but I have been toying with making orgeat and put off by those tedious recipes so your method really appeals! I actually have a juice and wanted to ask if it works in the same away - mine has a great big spinning grater/fine mesh filter in the middle that you chute your fruit/whatever you're juicing onto. Does yours work in the same way?
Ben Cummins yup. I was looking at it and thought "this is pretty close to a centrifuge, I bet I can separate liquids from almonds wayyyy better with this than with cheese cloth"
It did, and it cut way down on the need for soak time too in my opinion.
It's such a great thing to do; I used to make ginger syrup that painful way with cheesecloth, now it goes in the juicer and takes no time. I never even thought of putting nuts through a juicer; making up the paste/puree in the blender is genius!
I find myself wondering 2 things - have you tried this with other nut varieties, and have you tried it out by blending the almonds with just-boiled water to see if it gives better results?
I would just use unsweetened unflavored almond milk. I have to imagine any loss in quality from mass manufacturing would be more than made up for from the industrial extraction.
Why wouldn't you? Because it's not gonna taste anything like Orgeat that's why. When you crave a real hamburger do you head to McDonalds ?
The difference is the ratios of almonds to water they use. Store bought almond milk is extremely watered down compared to what he made here, which he says is more of an almond paste consistency. That has a huge impact on the taste.
could i not just get almond milk and make it that way or am i being daft?
People do that and like it, I’ve just never tried it so I can’t verify
@@howtodrink ahhhhh okay cool I just can't find a nut juicer thingy
I thought the same thing and did some experimenting. If you go this route you absolutely need to add almond extract or the flavour will be all wrong. The best recipe I found is from Blossomtostem, some kind of blog.
2:29 it's a wives tale
I wish you had said how to do it if you are not going to get that huge machine. Looks doable though.
Could you just use almond milk off the shelf?
CanCamelsCanCan I know that there are some recipes out there that start with store bought almond milk, but I haven't tried them. For me, the almond+water purée tastes way more almondy than almond milk (which I think is mostly formulated to taste like milk) so I don't know how good they come out. But some swear by them.
I use to wonder why almond was in tiki drinks because it never came to mind as "tropical" until i lived in Puerto Rico. Almond trees everywhere, evil evil almond trees. Oh, why evil. Because they have a nasty fruit that rots when they fall off but more importantly they shot out like a bullet when you cut the grass and they are hard as hell to rake up. The metal shutters meant for hurricane protection saved many a window.
drink up lads
I love your vids, but that was an INSANE amount of sugar you put in there! How much gram of sugar went in the orgeat, you reckon?
Wieppp it's a syrup, so the primary ingredient is sugar. I can weigh it when I get home for grams.
I see. Thanks for your reply and that would be great if it's not too much trouble! I love your show, keep doing what you do :D
How much this recipe or Orgeat last on the fridge?.
Pretty long, months in the fridge.
How To Drink what you use ? To make it last longer ? Will work if i swap it for a dash of vodka or something like it. Thanks in advance.
Your almond milk would probably taste and look a bit better if you removed the skins before blending, just a small tip😉 keep ut the good work!
I go back and forth on this one. I should do a side by side with blanched vs non blanched almonds. I did a batch the other night that used a mix of both (dumb, but it’s what I had)