Cocktails with Honey
Honey is the sweetener bees make from nectar: thick, floral, and more concentrated than sugar syrup.
How it's used
In a hot drink it dissolves on its own. A cold drink will not take it: poured straight in, it sinks and stays there. For cold drinks, loosen it first with a little hot water, or keep a honey syrup of three parts honey to one of water.
Substitutes for Honey
Made 3 parts honey to 1 water, use about a third more than the honey measure. A 1:1 syrup needs about twice as much.
Plain 2:1 sugar syrup
Also works at about a third more, without the floral note.
About 1.4–1.6 times as sweet as sugar with little flavor of its own. Use a little less than the honey measure and taste. The floral note goes.
Use a third more. It tastes of maple rather than flowers.
