The almond is the fruit of the almond tree famous for bearing fragrant pink and white flowers. The flavour of sweet almonds is delicate and just slightly sweet. They are commonly used in confectionery baking and in marzipan, a traditional European and Mediterranean candy.

A fragile, soft fruit that doesn’t travel well, the exquisite red berry flavour of raspberry is always accessible with MONIN Raspberry syrup. Instantly recognisable as a popular childhood sweet flavour, most raspberries have a bright pink red colouring. French legend has it that raspberries were originally white, but that one day while the nymph Ida was looking after the infant Zeus and attempting to soothe his crying by showing him some raspberries, she pricked her finger and her blood dyed the fruit red. A perennial summer flavour, raspberries are traditionally plentiful in midsummer and are used to make mouth-watering desserts such as cheesecake, ice cream, sorbet, trifle and fool. Conjure exquisite summer dessert cocktails, smoothies, refreshing teas and ice cold milkshakes with the sweet candy raspberry taste of MONIN Raspberry syrup.

MONIN Strawberry syrup was one of the first fruit flavour developed in the syrup range. A popular flavour in France, strawberry syrup is added to water, green mint and lemonade to make a Strawberry Diabolo as well as flavoured milk drinks.

This fragrant spice flavour evokes dreams of hot cinnamon rolls from the oven. Derived from the bark of an evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka, cinnamon is one of the oldest spices known. Among ancient nations, it was so highly prized that it was regarded as a gift fit for monarchs and other great potentates. The characteristic rich, warm and sweet fragrance of cinnamon made it one of the most evocative spices and a much used ingredient in many cuisines worldwide.

The top-selling beverage in the world, coffee is the favourite brew which gets the day started and shapes our daily rhythm with ‘the coffee break’ and the ‘after-dinner coffee’. It is made from roasted coffee beans, from the coffee plant. The earliest credible evidence of coffee consumption appears in the mid-15th century in Arabia in Mokha, Yemen when coffee beans were first roasted and brewed. It then spread throughout the Middle East and later to Europe via Italy. Coffee can be consumed in wide variety of ways from ‘espresso’ to ‘cappuccino’ and it is used as a flavour in cakes and puddings. Coffee and walnut cake and tiramisu are stock favourites and coffee is generally wonderful married with chocolate, nuts and vanilla. Developped to create Café Frappé drinks, MONIN Coffee syrup will impart the taste of brewed coffee with after-notes of Columbian coffee to dessert drinks, lattes and cocktails.

For generations ginger has put the fire into Asian food but has long since been adopted by all cultures for use in many culinary applications and for its health benefits. Today, it has become the darling ingredient in speciality food and drinks. MONIN Ginger syrup embodies the wonderful warming combination of fragrant sweetness and biting spice. Aromatic, pungent and spicy, it imparts a distinctive, exotic taste and turns up the heat in your cocktails, lemonades, chocolates, teas and fruity sodas.

Looks to the East for your inspiration and add the heady fragrant flavour of night blooming Jasmine to make pretty feminine cocktails, smoothies and teas. One of the floral range of syrups, MONIN Jasmine captures the heady fragrant flavour of this night blooming flower. Cultivated for their fine perfume, the flowers open their petals at dusk releasing their powerful odour. Jasmine’s beautiful fragrance is commonly used in perfumes, incense and as an essential oil and is popularly consumed in tea to revitalise and restore energy balance. Create pretty, feminine drinks and Asian-inspired cocktails, smoothies and teas with MONIN Jasmine syrup.

The taste of this amazing fruit syrup is sensual, very sweet and reminiscent of roses and some Muscat grapes. Asian trends jump with full power into the cocktail industry, and one of my suggestions is to combine Lychee with Rose and you will definitely bring the taste of the night of Far East cultures.

Originally developed to make pistachio flavoured milk, MONIN Pistachio syrup bottles the distinctive delicate, sweet flavour used to make the popular ice cream. One of three nuts mentioned in the bible, the pistachio is an ancient tree originating from Iran and Iraq with evidence of pistachio nut consumption dating back to 6750 BC. It is now cultivated in the Middle East, some Mediterranean countries and California. Technically a seed, the slim, oblong pistachio nut ranges in colour from pale creamy yellow to dark green and is encased in a hard beige shell. It is delicious eaten fresh, roasted and salted as a snack or cooked in pilafs, poultry sauces and stuffings. Pistachio is also a popular confectionery flavour used in baklava, ice cream, cakes and chocolate, as well as being a tasty salad ingredient. Go nutty and add the distinctive, subtle flavour of MONIN Pistachio syrup to create luscious dessert drinks, milkshakes, coffees and chocolates.

Try to combine MONIN Anise syrup with Chocolate sauce in a succulent and unusual hot cocoa.