From the Kitchen: Complex Simple Syrup

They're the key to fun little beverages.

I was recently tasked with writing a cocktail and mocktail recipe for a magazine, to go along with a rather sprawling 2000-word essay, and the only way I thought I could tackle this was through simple syrup. In my pursuit of the final recipe, I made two spiced syrups that I found fantastic, but that ultimately wouldn’t work because of the nature of acid…