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2 to 1 'rich' sugar syrup versus 1 to 1 'simple' syrup
The balance between sweet and sour is crucial to the majority of cocktails and consistently producing balanced cocktails is made easier when using sugar...
Zook Ook
18th October 2022 at 22:30
This little experiment also helps justify why rich syrup is superior: It takes about that much water to break down the sugar, but doubling the water content to make 1:1 syrup just adds to the volume, it does almost nothing to dissolve the sugar further, it's just watering it down.