# Best Flavored Syrup(s)?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-syrup-s/144743>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 24, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-syrup-s/144743 "2002-12-24T18:07:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-syrup-s/144743/1 "2002-12-24T18:07:44Z")

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Looking to replicate some of the foo-foo coffee drinks that the overpriced chains sell. The wife likes them [sub]yeah, the wife, that’s the ticket…[/sub]

I’m looking to pick up some Vanilla and Hazelnut syrup, so tell me - Which brand(s) are best?

Monin?  
Da Vinci Gourmet?

A good inexpensive source would be nice too…

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**Author:** ![Flashpoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Flashpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flashpoint)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-syrup-s/144743/2 "2002-12-25T00:30:55Z")

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I like Torani syrups myself. I first got addicted to them at my local coffee shop after I started working in their kitchens as executive chef. I have tried a large number of their flavors, both in coffees and other beverages (like Italian style sodas) and I also enjoy using them as flavorings for recipes (like in muffins). Works great all around. Bonusly, they also have several yummy sugar-free flavors as well.

You can buy them straight from the [Torani](http://www.toranisyrups.com/torani_syrups.html) website, and that’s probably about as much as you’ll pay for them anywhere (though I suppose with diligence you may find a better price, or a site that’s having a sale on the product).

Good luck in your quest!

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**Author:** ![Flashpoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Flashpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flashpoint)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-syrup-s/144743/3 "2002-12-25T00:57:33Z")

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Additionally, they offer a [Recipe page](http://torani.forest.net/action.lasso?-database=torani_recipes.fp4&-layout=Web&-response=recipes.html&-findall).

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**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-syrup-s/144743/4 "2002-12-25T05:16:25Z")

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Torani is what I generally see at coffee shops.

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**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-syrup-s/144743/5 "2002-12-25T08:34:02Z")

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Sometimes the coffee shops will be able to sell them to you. Some grocery stores sell them for a good price too. IIRC, my old warehouse style supermarket sold Torani for about $6. I really like the ones made by Allan Bros. Beanery, but that’s just an Oregon thing, I think.