Syrups

Strawberry syrup, 1 litre, from Monin in France. This is the bottle a cafe keeps beside the blender for milkshakes and frappés, and the one pastry ...

Grenadine, 1 litre, from Monin. This bottle is the red one. The flavour is pomegranate, and the colour is why a Shirley Temple, a Roy Rogers, and a...

Wild mint syrup, 1 litre, Monin, from France. This is the stronger mint, a more intense herbaceous profile than the green mint. Mojitos take it, an...

Pure cane sugar syrup, 1 litre, Monin, made in Malaysia. There is no flavour in it beyond clean cane sweetness. Bars use it because it dissolves in...

Hazelnut syrup with no sugar, 700ml. Monin produces this one in Malaysia. The taste is the caramelised, nutty hazelnut people expect in a latte, wi...

Vanilla syrup, 1 litre. This is the bottle a cafe puts in a latte all day. Monin makes it in France, and the flavour is plain vanilla, the one that...

Caramel syrup, 1 litre, Monin, produced in Malaysia for the Asia and Middle East line. It is halal and alcohol-free. The taste is buttery caramel w...

Hazelnut syrup, 1 litre, from Monin. This bottling is made in Malaysia, and it is halal and alcohol-free. The flavour is caramelised hazelnut, the ...

Coconut syrup, 1 litre, from Monin in France. This is the coconut a bar puts in a piña colada when there is no cream of coconut open, and the one a...

Bubble gum syrup, 700ml, from Monin. It tastes like the pink sweet, not like a fruit that was talked into being candy. Cafes keep it for kids' drin...

Butterfly pea syrup, 700ml, Monin, from France. The syrup is a deep blue. Add citrus and the acid shifts it toward purple-pink. That colour change ...

Lavender syrup, 700ml, from Monin. This one is made in Malaysia, in the standard glass bottle, and it is halal and alcohol-free. The flavour is flo...

Watermelon syrup, 700ml, Monin, made in Malaysia. It is halal and alcohol-free. The taste is fresh watermelon, light and thirst-quenching, and the ...

Raspberry syrup, 700ml, Monin, produced in Malaysia. It is halal and alcohol-free. The flavour is sweet-tart raspberry, and the colour is the deep ...

Toffee nut syrup, 700ml, from Monin, made in Malaysia. Toasted nut, caramel, and toffee in one pour: the flavour behind a toffee nut latte. It is t...

Rose syrup, 700ml, from Monin, made in Malaysia. The flavour is a delicate rose, the floral one used in a rose latte, a rose lassi, and rose milk, ...

Lychee syrup, 700ml, from Monin, made in Malaysia. It is halal and alcohol-free. The flavour is the floral, perfumed sweetness of lychee, with that...

Green mint syrup, 700ml, Monin, from France. Bright, herbaceous mint, and a green colour that shows in the glass. This is the mojito bottle: Cuban ...

Pomegranate syrup, 700ml, Monin, from France. Deep red, sweet and tart, the jewel-fruit flavour that shows up all over Middle Eastern drinks. It is...

Green apple syrup, 1 litre, Monin, from France. The taste is the sweet-tart one of a Granny Smith. Martini glasses and sour-style mocktails are whe...

Lime syrup, 700ml, Monin, from France. Fresh citrus lime, the sour-sweet flavour behind a mojito when the bar is using syrup rather than muddling a...

Kiwi syrup, 700ml, Monin, produced in Malaysia. The flavour is sweet-tart kiwi, and the syrup carries a green tint, so the drink looks like the fru...

Ginger syrup, 700ml, from Monin, made in Malaysia. It is halal and alcohol-free. The flavour is bold, peppery ginger, the heat you want in a drink ...

Elderflower syrup, 700ml, Monin, produced in Malaysia. The taste is floral and lightly sweet, the note people know from elderflower liqueur, here w...

Blueberry syrup, 700ml, from Monin in France. Sweet-tart blueberry, the kind cafes put in a lemonade and also on a breakfast plate. It is a fruit s...

Pineapple syrup, 700ml, Monin, produced in Malaysia. It is halal, vegan, and alcohol-free. The taste is ripe pineapple, sweet with a tang at the en...

Sun-dried orange syrup, 700ml, also called triple sec syrup, from Monin in Malaysia. It is halal and alcohol-free. The taste is the bittersweet ora...

Asian lemongrass syrup, 700ml, Monin, made in Malaysia. It is alcohol-free. The flavour is the clean, citrus side of lemongrass, with a light flora...

Falernum syrup, 700ml, Monin, made in Malaysia. It is halal and alcohol-free. The flavour is the tiki one: lime acidity, a mellow almond note, and ...

Toasted marshmallow syrup, 700ml, from Monin in France. It tastes like a marshmallow that has been over the fire: sweet, a little burnt, the s'more...

Chocolate syrup, 700ml, Monin, from France. This is the thin syrup for a mocha, not the 1.89 litre sauce. Cafes pump it into chocolate lattes all d...

Popcorn syrup, 700ml, from Monin, made in Malaysia. It tastes like buttered popcorn: savoury-sweet, not like corn syrup and not like caramel. The t...

Cheesecake syrup, 700ml, Monin, from France. It tastes like the sweet, tangy, dairy-rich side of a New York cheesecake, which is a strange thing to...

Pink grapefruit syrup, 700ml, from Monin in France. The taste is the bittersweet citrus of pink grapefruit, which is why a Paloma is the drink bart...