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glopmod OP t1_jcyozyr wrote

Reply to comment by tacojohn44 in To Restaurants: Sakura blossoms don't taste like cherries by glopmod

I have been let down ordering "cherry blossom" cocktails that use cherry flavor. It dominates the drink and doesn't taste anything like cherry blossom.

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I brought back a bottle of sakura liqueur to replicate for our wedding menu a few years ago. This stuff is pretty solid, compared to actual sakura liqueur, if you mix it with 1 part vodka and 1 part sugar.

https://www.amazon.com/Floral-Elixir-Co-Cherry-Blossom/dp/B071CZ5G2J/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cherry+blossom+syrup&qid=1679328034&s=grocery&sprefix=cherry+blossom+%2Cgrocery%2C125&sr=1-1

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coolfuzzylemur t1_jcz8cea wrote

> and 1 part sugar

Bruh

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glopmod OP t1_jczawff wrote

Have you had sakura liqueur?

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coolfuzzylemur t1_jczbx3f wrote

Just saying, one part syrup and 1 part sugar is a LOT of sugar

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glopmod OP t1_jcze6n8 wrote

The syrup I linked to isn't that sweet, and you missed the 1 part vodka. You're making a liqueur.

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loogie_hucker t1_jczauyi wrote

"yeah, so if you make alcoholic soda, it's actually pretty tasty!"

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DC-COVID-TRASH t1_jczrq32 wrote

yea, that's literally what a cocktail is

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Gumburcules t1_jd02zwo wrote

...if you're at the kind of bar with sticky floors where everything is served in disposable cups.

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glopmod OP t1_jczeeeh wrote

I mean you are following along and see that the goal is to replicate a liqueur, yes

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neil_va t1_jd0no1r wrote

What would you compare the taste to?

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extraglop t1_jd0s1l6 wrote

It's very mild, a little sweet and floral, closer to a rose hip

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CandyCaneCrisp t1_jd1xa0e wrote

This stuff uses wild cherry extract, which tastes like cherries in my experience.

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glopmod OP t1_jd2spv2 wrote

I compared it to a bottle of Suntory sakura I brought back and they're similar

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CandyCaneCrisp t1_jd3jukt wrote

Suntory Sakura is made with the blossoms and leaves.

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extraglop t1_jd3w8f0 wrote

I am aware

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CandyCaneCrisp t1_jd44zhj wrote

>I have been let down ordering "cherry blossom" cocktails that use cherry flavor. It dominates the drink and doesn't taste anything like cherry blossom.

Was what you said, but now you are claiming that your homemade drink WITH cherry extract tastes like something made with cherry blossoms... but also leaves. So which does it actually taste like, the leaves or the blossoms?

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extraglop t1_jd45r08 wrote

I don't give a shit what it's made from. I care how it tastes. I compared a bunch of products. This one was the best. Reviews share the concept.

I'm not sitting here and arguing about what something you haven't tasted tastes like. You wanna come over and try it?

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CandyCaneCrisp t1_jd4hn2b wrote

I've tasted cherry blossoms and leaves, and wild cherry in many forms. The first two have so little scent and taste I can hardly believe that they can flavor a beverage at all by themselves. Japan also popularized drinking "maple water", e.g. sap, that tastes just like... water.

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