Interesting Oleo Saccharum Ideas for Enhancing Your Cocktails!

An Oleo Saccharum is not just Lemon Peels and Sugar. In this video, we're going to explore three different Oleo Saccharums that can elevate your cocktails, and impress your friends and family.

Two use unique ingredients, Banana Peels and Mint Leaves, which contain enough oils to make some unique cocktails. The third Oleo starts with Citrus Peels, but adds a few extras to create an intriguing flavor profile.

When it comes to new or different flavor combinations, I don't (always) just guess, and I don't usually look through cocktail books, either. Cocktail books tend to stick to simple ingredients that are already available to Bars and Mixologists, and I want to take on the entire culinary universe to find different and interesting flavors. Right now, my favorite books are the Flavor Thesaurus series, which is an index of different combinations of ingredients that are known to work well together, and it's not limited to what is traditionally used in cocktails, so more options are available.

I gotta give a special shout-out to Gnome over at ‪@gnomestavern8285‬ for convincing me to leave banana peels out on my counter for two days!

Use these ideas to create your own compelling Oleos and Cocktails, stay creative, and I'll catch you at the next Happy Hour!