Homemade Coffee Syrup
November 5, 2009 by Marye Audet
Filed under Coffee, Recipes
It isn’t at all difficult to make your own coffee syrups. When you make your own you can not only have those that the coffee shops use; you can have anything you can think up.
The basic formula for coffee syrup is one cup of water to one cup of sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves and then simmer for about five minutes, or until the syrup is reduced by half. The different flavors come in when you add cinnamon or vanilla or whatever you like. As a general rule the flavors should be added during the simmering phase to get the most out of them. Then, just pour the syrup through a strainer and you have your syrup. If you are using extracts add them after the syrup is removed from the heat.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
- 1/2 of a vanilla bean
- 2 tsp maple extract
- 1 star anise
- 2 tsp almond
Experiment with whatever you like. You can afford to with this, it costs very little.
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