Monin - Orange Flavored Syrup, Plastic Bottle (1 liter)

After we caved and bought a soda stream, I did some research on which brand was GOOD but also AFFORDABLE. Cue: "Monin". It's 12/22, and I just checked my order history. Since 05/18, my Amazon history shows 23 Monin orders. I buy 2-3 bottles at a time, which last us 3-4 months, at a guess. Most flavors will get 5 stars (we have purchased all of these MULTIPLE times): - Lemon - Lime - Orange - Blood Orange - Mandarin Orange - Orange Tangerine - Exotic Citrus 1-star: - Sugarcane Cola - Ginger - Cucumber - Lemongrass - Watermelon "huh I don't remember buying these": - Passion Fruit - Ruby Red Grapefruit - Pomegranate I'm probably not the best person to write these reviews, because I don't like bubbly water. My husband is the main consumer. I asked him to rate the Monin syrups, and he said he had no complaints. As you can see from the list above, he basically likes citrus. The PROBLEM is that I get bored buying the same old lemon- lime- orange over and over again, which is why I keep flirting with Blood Orange, Orange Tangerine, and Mandarin Orange. Honestly, those are all fine. But the day I ordered Lemongrass ... oh man. "What??? It has LEMON in the name!!!" I -still- have not lived it down. I also was the proponent behind the purchases of Ginger, Watermelon, and Cucumber, all of which I really enjoy. I was hoping to get some interesting boost of flavor to make my (plain) water more interesting. Instead I got SUGARSUGARSUGAR plus the aforementioned flavors. The Watermelon in particular just tasted SO bad: really artificial and way too sweet. My chef neighbor had warned me that she had never come across a good watermelon flavor, generally speaking; I was optimistic, but I was wrong. Gave it away in my Facebook Buy Nothing Group ... and that's saying something, considering I gritted my teeth through the Ginger and the Cucumber. I'm a bit perplexed by the Ruby Red Grapefruit, Passion fruit, and Pomegranate. I have no real memory of buying these; they were definitely one-and-done. Probably nothing super offensive about them, but I got scared of trying new flavors and reverted to the safe-and-sound lemon/ lime/ orange. - AM SIL

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Absolutely terrible. I think something is wrong with the syrup it’s nasty. Taste very chemically. Almost threw up after I made my drink.

Probably better for Italian sodas. I tried to use in coffee and it was not what I expected or what I was going for.

very good syrup to make so many different drinks and foods. I use it when making homemade ice cream. gives the ice cream a great taste. still, it's good mixed as a drink.

Not as good as other flavors but still decent. Bit of a chemical taste though.

Color of this syrup is very light. It has no color and very clear. Also orange smell is ok. I think the color is more mature compare to other brand that uses a lot of dyes. I use it in my restaurant and it’s too light, but if you use it at home it’s a good choice.

This is one of the better Monin flavors available. I was expecting a candy orange like flavor. However, this is closer to tasting like real orange juice. Tastes great with soda water. If I want more of a candy orange flavored soda similar to Orange Crush soda, I use 1 pump of orange and 3 pumps of sweetener instead of 4 pumps of the orange syrup to make 1 cup of soda. For orange cream soda, I use 1 pump of orange, 2 pumps of vanilla syrup, and 1 pump of sweetener.