Simple syrup recipe, what is simple syrup

Simple syrup is best to use in cold drinks like iced tea, iced coffee and mocktails. Just water and sugar as basic ingredients to make at home.

For those who know what is simple syrup already, this post might be surprising (as separate post). But if I rewind few years, I remember when I first read a recipe that called for it, I did not had a faintest clue what it is. Even when I shared my last post, I had few queries asking what is it.

🍸What is Simple syrup

Simple syrup is just sugar syrup with no specific consistency to be precise. Equal amount of sugar and water, heat just to dissolve the sugar.

So as the name indicates, no complicated steps involving checking the consistency.

🥃Uses

For me it is very handy for cold drinks. Ever felt frustrated to see sugar not dissolving when you add it to cold drinks like lemonade, cold coffee or any iced drinks? I love it to use it for lemon soda, lemonade as it's just breeze. Any mocktails, you can instantly use it. Hope many of you have seen this in coffee shops.

📖Variations

There is also the Rich syrup, where the ratio of sugar is twice that of water. This is thin, while rich syrup is thicker. Best to use where you need not want to make the consistency thin.

Keeping this as base, we can make flavored syrups just by adding the flavor you want. For example, add appropriate food color and flavor as in my homemade rose syrup. We can use natural food colors and natural flavors so that we know what went in.

🎥 Video

Watch short video on how to make it

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Simple syrup

Simple syrup is best to use in cold drinks like iced tea, iced coffee and mocktails. Just water and sugar as basic ingredients to make at home.

Course Condiments

Cuisine International

Prep Time 2 minutes minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes minutes

Author Raks Anand

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Sauce pan

Cup measurements

Ingredients

• 1 cup Sugar granulated
• 1 cup Water

Instructions

• Heat equal amount of sugar and water in a sauce pan.
• Keep stirring in medium heat. Dissolve the sugar completely.
• As it starts to boil and sugar dissolves completely, switch off the stove.

Video

Notes

• Do not boil in high flame. Always keep the heat in medium or low.

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📸Simple syrup method

1. Heat equal amount of sugar and water in a sauce pan.
   
2. Keep stirring in medium heat. Dissolve the sugar completely. As it starts to boil and sugar dissolves completely, switch off the stove.
   
3. Cool down completely and pour into jar and refrigerate. You can use up to 2 weeks.
   

Great for Iced tea, iced coffee and cold drinks.