I take it you are grating/zesting the entire bean (and not just their skins) into the sugar/water solution, and then straining the gratings from the syrup before bottling? (Incidentally, Coumadin is pronounced COUmadin rather than couMADin. I suspect Coumarin is pronounced the same.)
I just made some tonka bean syrup. Instead of a long infusion, I used your Lazy Cinnamon Syrup method, threw the ingredients into a blender, blended it, and let it infuse for 10 minutes before filtering and bottling. The color isn't as dark as yours but I'm hoping it will be every bit as flavorful! Try the same method out yourself and let me know how close I got!
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Thanks for the shoutout! It really is cold here in Brazil and it is the time we drink our national punch: Quentão! It’s simple syrup infused with orange, lime, ginger, cinnamon, clove and mixed with cachaça (or wine).
@@bigjohnbriggs Here's the recipe I use: - 300g water + 300g sugar onto the stove top until it starts boiling, then add: - clove, to taste (I put 2 pinches) - cinnamon, 3 to 4 sticks - half an orange, sliced - 1 lime, sliced - 200g of ginger, cut into small pieces stir until it comes back to a boil, then add: -1L of cachaça Turn off the heat and stir a little. Serve hot
Coumadin (the active coumarin) is what is in Warfarin, which is used commonly to prevent blood clots. It has a fairly narrow therapeutic window and is very sensitive to changes in diet. This fun fact brought to you by pharmacy!
Interestingly, coumarin is also one of the compounds that contributes to the smell of cassia cinnamon, which is the most commonly used species in ground cinnamon here in the U.S.
Oh man! I just got my tonka beans Saturday. Made the syrup Sunday & bottled it today. HAD to try this cocktail....LOVE IT! Such a great taste, the tonka bean is AMAZING. New favourite cocktail! So well-balanced in flavour and creamy. Cheers Leandro!
If I'm not mistaken, coumarin is actually the reason that the original Zubrowka, or bison grass vodka, was banned in the US in the 60s, since bison grass also contains coumarin.
Tonka is used in fragrances very often. I know what they smell like in absolute form. I would love to taste this cocktail. It's definitely got me interested.
Forbidden fruit...you had to tempt me with the illegal bit 🤣 Same thing that attracted me to Absinthe back in 2004. I'm a man on a mission now. But seriously, that looks really good...nice colour too.
Coumarin content is also why Polish zubrowka (bison grass) vodka is regulated/banned* in the US, and why Cassia cinnamon is regulated in the EU. * I can't find articles saying zubrowka has been unbanned, but I've also found it in stores in the midwest, so who knows...
I used tonka beans before, really like them but if you put too much of it, it can become overwhelming. At a restaurant I worked we made a delicious flam with tonka beans and rose water, it was aaaamazing! For me it smells a mix between vanilla, bitter almond -like amaretto-, and nutmeg, but a lot more fresh. It was a time, like 10-12 years ago, where all the gin&tonics in Barcelona had tonka beans, never liked then in there, but this cocktail looks delicious!!!
Coumarin is also the compound reponsible for the aroma and the flavor of Żubrówka - the bison grass vodka. If you've ever drunk it, you have a reference point for the flavor of tonka bean. But apparently that's banned in the US as well.
Huh. I thought you were gonna use Irn-Bru as a mixer or maybe a Kinder Egg as a garnish when I saw the title. America has some weird laws. Loving the anecdote about hanging out in hay lofts, by the way. You can tell the fragrance hit something hardwired deep in your memory.
This cocktail sounds interesting, although I'm not a fan of whiskey. I'm familiar with tonka beans through perfumery. I have the absolute(no, not vodka; it's a solvent-extracted essential oil). The first time I smelled it I thought; "Maple and brown sugar!". However working with it has made me think more; macaroons and pecan pralines. It's perfect in foodie-style perfumes and is a classic in Oriental-style perfumes.
It looks like tonka beans can be bought and sold legally. The FDA cares when people use them as ingredients in food or drinks that are sold. So, one could give the advice to try this recipe at home because one can't legally buy the drink at a bar in the US.
Wow. Interesting drink. I haven’t heard of the Tonka bean before now. Definitely going to give this a go. Greatly appreciated FlyMan. I make a lot of scratch elixirs for Tiki style drinks so the Tonka syrup should be a piece of cake.
You can order it on Amazon, it ships from Portugal, at least the one we bought. It might be one of those things where it's Illegal to sell in the US, but you can import it. It's Illegal for sale for the use in food and products.
Another fun fact: chlorine gas and oxone also smell like fresh cut grass (in VERY tiny doses). And cyanogen compounds (like hydrogen cyanide) smell like sweet almonds... What is it about spring time smells and poisonous chemicals?
If you eat raw too many raw eggs, you will feel like hitting slabs of beef and running up the stairs to a museum and throwing your hands up in the air.
Thank you to you friend ... I tried the (SABRA choco-orande) very good but the recipe that gives just with vodka ... Would you have recipes to give me s.v.p
@@toddellner5283 you'll likely overdose that's what I meant. 1 nutmeg is 5-10 grams, 6 grams of nutmeg can cause convulsions, 9 grams can cause hallucinations. That's because of the myristicin in it. Effects may last quite a long time and you may die from it.
Kevin Croner he is Swedish, he is also a London Bartender. He became a bartender after moving to London. The man Is Swedish, the Bartender is British LOL!
Below the equator viewers should try a Guinness Punch right now. Guinness, condensed milk, Rum, Vanilla extract, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and... Carrot juice are the building blocks, but every home in a Jamaican community has its own recipe. Some include egg too. So check it out and experiment.
Hey guys I added the recipe for the Tonka Bean Syrup to the end of the description. Sorry for the oversight!
Was about to ask for that 👀
I take it you are grating/zesting the entire bean (and not just their skins) into the sugar/water solution, and then straining the gratings from the syrup before bottling?
(Incidentally, Coumadin is pronounced COUmadin rather than couMADin. I suspect Coumarin is pronounced the same.)
I just made some tonka bean syrup. Instead of a long infusion, I used your Lazy Cinnamon Syrup method, threw the ingredients into a blender, blended it, and let it infuse for 10 minutes before filtering and bottling. The color isn't as dark as yours but I'm hoping it will be every bit as flavorful! Try the same method out yourself and let me know how close I got!
You should have used cuban rum instead of rye whisky so the cocktail would be double-illegal
Except then he would have to actually go to cuba to get rum
@@bigbud6842 Or Canada
@@justmaybe5643 Americans for some reason think Cuba is closed off to the world, when it's actually America that closed itself off to Cuba.
Instructions unclear, ate 60 Tonka beans
Go big or go home, right?
The Educated Barfly 😂🤣😂
Tonka beans are used in high-end Perfumery for that scent.
These videos are satisfyingly consistent and the host is one of the most endearing personalities on youtube. I'm learning a ton. I plan to purchase Barfly gear and support the patreon, just out of gratitude for your work.
Thank, very kind words. Appreciate your support and views!
You had me at illegal lol
Thanks for the shoutout! It really is cold here in Brazil and it is the time we drink our national punch: Quentão! It’s simple syrup infused with orange, lime, ginger, cinnamon, clove and mixed with cachaça (or wine).
Have a recipe for that simple syrup? Sounds like something interesting to make. Thanks in advance
@@bigjohnbriggs Here's the recipe I use:
- 300g water + 300g sugar
onto the stove top until it starts boiling, then add:
- clove, to taste (I put 2 pinches)
- cinnamon, 3 to 4 sticks
- half an orange, sliced
- 1 lime, sliced
- 200g of ginger, cut into small pieces
stir until it comes back to a boil, then add:
-1L of cachaça
Turn off the heat and stir a little. Serve hot
To make the wine variant, remove the citrus
Toss in a tonka bean or 60!
I was kinda waiting for the FBI to bust in at the end...
Matthew Boston -Dude there on the way.. I just gave them your address
Seriously he’s a qualified manager they’d prob just order one
Said before but hands down the best cocktail channel on youtube
Thanks Hex!
So this is absolutely fantastic. That tonka bean syrup is amazing.
I'm in Europe, so off to Amazon I go to try this!
Coumadin (the active coumarin) is what is in Warfarin, which is used commonly to prevent blood clots. It has a fairly narrow therapeutic window and is very sensitive to changes in diet.
This fun fact brought to you by pharmacy!
Tried this tonight, very happy with it. Might try with tonka Infused rum instead of rye.
Interestingly, coumarin is also one of the compounds that contributes to the smell of cassia cinnamon, which is the most commonly used species in ground cinnamon here in the U.S.
Interesting.
Oh man! I just got my tonka beans Saturday. Made the syrup Sunday & bottled it today. HAD to try this cocktail....LOVE IT! Such a great taste, the tonka bean is AMAZING. New favourite cocktail! So well-balanced in flavour and creamy. Cheers Leandro!
This endorsement just sold me on this! Can't wait to try this!
@@Barprints Just saw this. Did you try this yet? What did you think? I'm making more syrup now, can't wait to make the drink tomorrow!
I love how innovative your cocktails are Leandro. Very very cool.
The title of this video! DEFINITELY grabbed my attention! 😂
You have now motivated me to make a cocktail with my bottle of Ordoki Licor de mandragora.
Totally illegal in the US. :)
This is one of the coolest ones ive seen on any channel and i think it would be a great drink
Thanks Andrew :) And it is a great drink, the tonka bean is amazing
I’m a fragrance collector and I have a bunch that have Tonka bean, love the smell
The FDA is stuck in the 50s
They're stuck with lots of money too.
That syrup sounds really interesting, maybe I'll try to get my hands on it.
Are those dried? If yes how did you make the syrup.
Syrup recipe on the show notes
If I'm not mistaken, coumarin is actually the reason that the original Zubrowka, or bison grass vodka, was banned in the US in the 60s, since bison grass also contains coumarin.
Correct :)
Tonka is used in fragrances very often. I know what they smell like in absolute form. I would love to taste this cocktail. It's definitely got me interested.
Forbidden fruit...you had to tempt me with the illegal bit 🤣 Same thing that attracted me to Absinthe back in 2004. I'm a man on a mission now. But seriously, that looks really good...nice colour too.
Tonka bean is great!
@@TheEducatedBarfly It sounds it. Have a tin in my Amazon cart right now.
First time I had absinthe was 2005 in the UK and I gotta say, that's what drew me to it too. Looking forward to trying this one!
Coumarin content is also why Polish zubrowka (bison grass) vodka is regulated/banned* in the US, and why Cassia cinnamon is regulated in the EU.
* I can't find articles saying zubrowka has been unbanned, but I've also found it in stores in the midwest, so who knows...
I used tonka beans before, really like them but if you put too much of it, it can become overwhelming. At a restaurant I worked we made a delicious flam with tonka beans and rose water, it was aaaamazing! For me it smells a mix between vanilla, bitter almond -like amaretto-, and nutmeg, but a lot more fresh. It was a time, like 10-12 years ago, where all the gin&tonics in Barcelona had tonka beans, never liked then in there, but this cocktail looks delicious!!!
It also has the unmistakable scent of pistachio in there! It's so complex! I love it!
@@TheEducatedBarfly totally agree!
Fuller's London Pride Brewery was on a regular route when I was a London courier, the smell could be torturous .
Coumarin is also the compound reponsible for the aroma and the flavor of Żubrówka - the bison grass vodka. If you've ever drunk it, you have a reference point for the flavor of tonka bean. But apparently that's banned in the US as well.
Vaclav Sprta if that’s true then it’s a shame that it’s banned because Zubrowka is one of the nicest vodkas I have tasted
I don’t think Zubrowka is banned
The Educated Barfly from what I understand, it was banned, and now there is a formula produced for the US market that somehow eliminates the coumarin.
@@TheEducatedBarfly it is on It's original form. the one sold in US doesn't contain coumarin.
you should try the original and use it on your channel
@@bartoszfcb how do you know if it's the original one?
Huh. I thought you were gonna use Irn-Bru as a mixer or maybe a Kinder Egg as a garnish when I saw the title.
America has some weird laws.
Loving the anecdote about hanging out in hay lofts, by the way. You can tell the fragrance hit something hardwired deep in your memory.
You can buy tonka beans legally in the US, and I even have an import license from the USDA for the plants. Growing them currently in SWFL.
@The Educated Barfly What town in New Hampshire, out of curiosity?
Greetings from Portugal!
Tonka beans are one of my favourites!!
Starts off by explaining how the bean is illegal and the FDA busts people who have it.
Admits to having said bean.
Where can we get that apron? Dig the orange!
Thanks for the shout out to New Hampshire! We're very proud of our small towns. Which town did you vacation in?
I'm not sure. I have to ask my mom, hadn't thought about it in years until I shot this episode and the scent recalled the memory.
New Hampshire, probably was contra dancing (related to square dancing, but different)
Should’ve busted out the Ilegal shirt from your old location haha
haha if it only had mezcal in it :)
This cocktail sounds interesting, although I'm not a fan of whiskey. I'm familiar with tonka beans through perfumery. I have the absolute(no, not vodka; it's a solvent-extracted essential oil). The first time I smelled it I thought; "Maple and brown sugar!". However working with it has made me think more; macaroons and pecan pralines. It's perfect in foodie-style perfumes and is a classic in Oriental-style perfumes.
Coumarin is also used for rat poison.
That said, you can buy chocolate with Tonka beans without any problem in Belgium
Coumda *din* is used as rat poison
Todd Ellner Coumadin is the brand name. Warfarine, which is used in Coumadin, is a derivate of coumarin
Just found this channel a week a go. It’s legit!!!
It looks like tonka beans can be bought and sold legally. The FDA cares when people use them as ingredients in food or drinks that are sold. So, one could give the advice to try this recipe at home because one can't legally buy the drink at a bar in the US.
My grandfather was on coumadin back in 1997 when he blood clots in his legs. Incidentally, it's also the main ingredient in rat poison.
”No more toxic than almonds or nutmeg”
Well which is it? Almonds are basically non-toxic and a single nutmeg nut will most likely kill you.
Wow. Interesting drink. I haven’t heard of the Tonka bean before now. Definitely going to give this a go. Greatly appreciated FlyMan. I make a lot of scratch elixirs for Tiki style drinks so the Tonka syrup should be a piece of cake.
Wow, this close up shot was very dramatic - definitely has some Tarantino vibe to it
Garnish with a Kinder Egg for added illegality
For any fellow Aussies, tonka beans are available and can be purchased from Herbies Spices. I'm gonna get me some!
They're amazing.
could you use guinness insteaf of ale?
Can I substitute tonka trucks in this cocktail?
Absolutely but only the big yellow earth movers and dump trucks. They’re the only ones that work
I know its probably some antique glass but does anyone know where I could get a glass similar to this one?
Isnt cumerin in cinnamon?
I'm curious as to how you were able to get it shipped to you if it's illegal in the United States? Unless you're not in the US.
You can order it on Amazon, it ships from Portugal, at least the one we bought. It might be one of those things where it's Illegal to sell in the US, but you can import it. It's Illegal for sale for the use in food and products.
@@TheEducatedBarfly good to know! I really want to try this but was concerned of it shipping and me getting fucked because of it.
"I'm putting you on the News" Ed Bassmaster
Risky leandro risky😌😉
I live in LA and would like to come in to chat and drink at your work. Can you make this for me?
If I made some tonka bean syrup and brought it to work I guess I could....
If I made some tonka bean syrup and brought it to work I guess I could....
"free the tonka beans"
It only took 95 years to free Absinthe...let's start a campaign for the Tonka bean
@@Coasterdude02149 definitely should. Maybe a white house petition ?
Wow
Another fun fact: chlorine gas and oxone also smell like fresh cut grass (in VERY tiny doses). And cyanogen compounds (like hydrogen cyanide) smell like sweet almonds... What is it about spring time smells and poisonous chemicals?
If you eat raw too many raw eggs, you will feel like hitting slabs of beef and running up the stairs to a museum and throwing your hands up in the air.
It's called the Rocky Syndrome
If you're concerned about salmonella, pasteurized eggs can be found in supermarkets and they aren't too expensive.
If I can't find London Pride, what else would be good?
Just any standard British style ale
I'm pretty sure you can make a more illegal cocktail thank this. Like, a Molotov Cocktail. Or a simple Heroin&Tonic.
well, yeah, but we don't want to kill people and we want the drink to be actually drinkable.
@@TheEducatedBarfly I 100% endorse that.
Maybe even a rye ale would work?
Thank you to you friend ...
I tried the (SABRA choco-orande) very good
but the recipe that gives just with vodka ... Would you have recipes to give me s.v.p
7:02 I like the close-up on the first sip, Leandro.
The zoom-out also gives it a kind of handheld camera feel, too.
Suggestion - You should make this Cocktail called The Seelbach Cocktail.
So from this simple beverage you can get both intoxicated or salmonella.
Marvelous
If you need some beans ... tell me! Easy to get here in germany.
No. The actual reason it is illegal is because DOW makes an artificial flavorant which tastes exactly like tonka bean. They came out with it in 1950.
That wouldn't surprise me in the slightest
Żubrówka from Poland is also illegal for the same reason.
ILLEGAL!
...I don't think the FDA has banned Coumadin.
If Tonka beans are illegal in the US, how did you order them on Amazon? Lol
Bradley they’re illegal to sell and use in restaurants but not illegal to own or use in private
Fuck sakes this sounds awesome
You should definitely try it. Can you get it in Finland?
@@TheEducatedBarfly tried to look for it, I don't think that u can, but I have to order this!
They probably keep it illegal to keep the price up
Like so many other things!
Tonka bean toxins accumulate in the body unlike nutmeg. It's a gorgeous scent, though.
Cinnamon does include cumarin and not any less of it than tonka beans and the FDA doesn't seemt to care for it.
I'm calling the cops on you...
Have you ever hit yourself in the face with the shaker?
I thought Tonka was a truck maker???...
if you eat 30 nutmegs tho I can tell you you'll have quite an experience... I mean just consuming 2 teaspoon straight up is risky.
If you can eat 30 nutmegs without throwing up you have a stronger stomach than most
@@toddellner5283 you'll likely overdose that's what I meant. 1 nutmeg is 5-10 grams, 6 grams of nutmeg can cause convulsions, 9 grams can cause hallucinations. That's because of the myristicin in it. Effects may last quite a long time and you may die from it.
You are now my favorite.. just saying. =)
Also, Oskar Kinberg is Swedish, but then again we Europeans are basically all the same.
Kevin Croner he is Swedish, he is also a London Bartender. He became a bartender after moving to London. The man Is Swedish, the Bartender is British LOL!
He is also my brilliant little brother. 😁
In Germany it became legal and now you can get tons of it. Well, you shouldn't eat it.
Don't eat a ton of it :)
Argentinians can drinks this? lmao, argentina might be one of the most difficult countries to get cocktail ingredients, even liqueurs :(
Below the equator viewers should try a Guinness Punch right now. Guinness, condensed milk, Rum, Vanilla extract, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and... Carrot juice are the building blocks, but every home in a Jamaican community has its own recipe. Some include egg too. So check it out and experiment.
FBI OPEN UP !
to me tonka bean tastes like godawful artificial vanilla
Thanks for thinking of the vegans on a recipe with eggs!
The egg is disinfected by the alcohol how would it be dangerous
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Why did you stop saying your name? The show has lost its thing now that you stopped saying your name
LOL.
Yeah. We need details on this master
great clic bait 👌
But also a great cocktail, right? :)
Just make the damn drink. 3:40