Small Hand Foods Gum Syrup elderberry Sweeten up your teas

Sweeten up your teas

the Hopped Grapefruit Bitters play well with most cocktails where you need a little citrus punch

Bob Petrie has resurrected them under his Bob's Bitters brand

and increases the amount of quinine to bring balance to the final product

Made in Germany

Small Hand Foods Gum Syrup elderberry Sweeten up your teasAlso known by its French spelling, gomme, gum syrup is a sugar syrup with gum arabic, a resin from the Acacia tree, incorporated into it. Gum syrup fell out of favour with bartenders because it is difficult to make, and a straight simple syrup is both easier and cheaper. However, where both syrups add sweetness, gum syrup adds viscosity as well, giving a richer mouthfeel and weightier texture to cocktails. Organic cane sugar gives the syrup an amber