Simple syrup is a combination of water and sugar that is perfect for sweetening cold beverages. I always keep a big jar of this in the fridge during the summer to sweeten iced coffee or make an iced chai tea latte. Simple syrup is just sugar dissolved in water so that you can add it to cold beverages and not have the grainy sugar to deal with. You just use equal parts water and sugar, heat it enough to dissolve the sugar and call it good.
During the summer I like to drink my beverages cold. This includes coffee and tea. I prefer to cold brew the coffee and tea because it’s just quicker, but as you may know, sugar doesn’t dissolve well in cold liquids. I like my drinks sweet so I needed a better option. I’d heard of simple syrup before, but I’d never really made it because “syrup” just sounded difficult. Ha ha! It’s not. It takes about 5 minutes to stir together simple syrup and I make a large enough batch so that I only have to do it every once in a while. Combine water and sugar in a pan.
Simple Syrup
Ingredients
Instructions
Heat mixture over medium to medium high heat just until the sugar dissolves in the water.
Take off heat immediately and allow to cool completely.
Store in a jar or other container in the refrigerator.
Simple, right?! Now that you have a batch, let’s get making some cool summer drinks!
How long will simple syrup last?
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Miz Helen
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A great way to make nice drinks for the summer!
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A new idea….
I love using simple syrup! We just made some on Saturday to help sweeten a Tumeric lemonade we made this weekend. Sooooo good!
I love to have simple syrup handy wen I want some seet tea. Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party!
I love using simple syrup to sweeten our cold teas and fresh drinks. I’ve yet to try cold-brewed iced coffee though. This summer, maybe. Thanks for sharing!
Oh man, ice brewed coffee is so good! I drink more of that during the summer than anything else. Thanks for stopping by!