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Fun times: Italian cream sodas

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Here's a fun posting because I'm in a happy mood:

A few weeks ago, I stopped by a neighborhood coffee shop and, on a whim, purchased an Italian cream soda flavored with banana and white chocolate as recommended by the barista.

One word: wow!

The next day, I found myself trying to recreate the experience at home with banana nectar, white chocolate syrup, club soda, ice, and half-and-half. It was awesome!

Then, before you could say that's amore, I found myself at Lollicup ordering 12, yes 12, bottles of various Monin syrup flavorings.

I'm in flavor heaven. :-)

5 Comments:

George - Please post your winning formula. We're big fans of cream soda and would love to make our own!

And while I have the floor, let me just say that Curio is one the greatest apps I have ever used. It consistently makes me look a lot smarter than I really am!

Tim

By Anonymous, at 9:04 PM
I'm still experimenting, but here's what I'm doing:

2 tablespoons Monin banana
2 tablespoons Monin white chocolate
1/4 cup half-and-half
ice
club soda (not tonic water! quinine is blech.)

Mix the syrups and half-and-half in a tall glass. Add the ice then fill with club soda.

Yum!

By the way, if you have squirters for your Monin bottles then 2 squirts is roughly a tablespoon.

If you have variations then please let me know. Also please let me know about syrup flavor combinations.

This was so much fun to type, I just made another drink. :-) These are so much better than colas.

Enjoy!

By George, at 6:54 AM
Oh and thank you very much for your kind comments regarding Curio! We also think Curio is a pretty great app! :-)

By George, at 6:55 AM
Upon further testing you can cut back on the half-and-half a bit. I'm using just a dollop (maybe two tablespoons) now and mixing it with milk.

As an aside, the syrups are also handy with tea and coffee. A little squirt of Cinnamon or Irish Cream makes things yummy.

By George, at 8:01 AM
what on earth has this got to do with Curio ?

By Anonymous, at 7:29 AM