Flavoured syrups for coffees and cocktails
Flavoured coffees are becoming more and more popular and can be a good addition to your coffee menu. With flavoured syrups you can create drinks such as vanilla latte, caramel mocha, hazelnut latte.
There are quite a few syrups on the market such as monin, sweetbird and davinci. It can be hard to make your choice of syrup and we recommend to simply try a few. You can also look at the difference between the syrups such as amount of calories and the nutrition info.
A new product on the market is called Virtu Syrups and we quite like it. This is a syrup that is ethically sourced and has very low calories. Have a look at their useful website, it has some recipes for syrups: http://virtu-world.com
You can use these syrups in cold drinks as well. Add a shot of vanilla syrup to a diet coke to create a vanilla coke.
Consistency
Whatever syrup you chose, make sure that you are consistent with the amounts of flavouring that you add to a drink. Many syrups come with a pump which will measure a correct amount. It's very important that your customer receives the same amount of syrup in each drink, the drink need to taste the same every time.
Allergies
Some syrups may affect people who have certain allergies such as nut allergies. Be aware of this and advice your customer correctly.