Floral and sweet with a touch of spice, this honey rose cardamom syrup is perfect for flavoring coffee and tea. Honey and water form the base of a simple syrup that is steeped with dried rose petals and green cardamom pods. The resulting flavored syrup adds a subtle floral sweetness to drinks, desserts, pancakes, and more.
Rose and cardamom are easily one of my all-time favorite flavor combinations. There’s something incredibly magical about that floral and spicy flavor pairing. Though I love them all year round, I find these flavors especially comforting during the shoulder months of autumn and spring. I decided to combine these two flavors in a honey simple syrup so that I could use it in ALL THE THINGS. From coffee to tea to oatmeal, it makes everything taste luxurious and special!
Notes on Ingredients
HONEY — aim for a locally produced honey. Buying local honey will support both your local economy and agriculture as a good majority of plants (like eggplant, cucumbers, and squashes) need to be pollinated by bees in order to produce.
DRIED ROSE — make sure you buy a culinary dried rose that is meant for consumption and that it is less than a year old for the best flavor.
GREEN CARDAMOM — the whole pods work best here rather than pre-ground cardamom.
How to Make the Mot Flavorful Honey Rose Cardamom Syrup
- The newer your dried rose petals are, the better! As dried herbs (like rose) age, they lose flavor. Aim for dried rose petals that are less than a year old.
- Don’t forget to crush your cardamom pods before adding them to the syrup! This will help intensify the flavor.
- This might sound like a no-brainer, but use a honey that you actually like the flavor of. Since honey makes up a large part of the recipe, you want to ensure that you’re using something you like. I used a local raw wildflower honey.
- Steep the syrup for 30 minutes to allow the rose and cardamom to infuse their flavor.
How to Enjoy your Honey Rose Cardamom Syrup
- Coffee — I love adding some to an oat or cashew milk latte. Add as much or as little as you like!
- Tea — these flavors pair really well with black tea. It would also be really lovely in an herbal tea like chamomile or tulsi.
- Oatmeal — make your morning oats feel special rather than mundane!
- Yogurt — stir some of this syrup into yogurt and top it with whatever seasonal fruit you have for a quick snack or dessert.
- Pancakes — because maple syrup can be a little basic when it comes to enjoying your favorite pancake recipe!
- Cake — brush some syrup in between the layers of a vanilla cake to keep it moist and add flavor.
Honey Rose Cardamom Syrup
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3/4 cup 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Floral and sweet with a touch of spice, this honey rose cardamom syrup is perfect for flavoring coffee and tea. Honey and water form the base of a simple syrup that is steeped with dried rose petals and green cardamom pods. The resulting flavored syrup adds a subtle floral sweetness to drinks, desserts, pancakes, and more.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup filtered water
- 1/2 cup raw local honey
- 8 whole green cardamom pods
- 1 heaped tablespoon dried rose petals, crushed
Instructions
Add the honey and water to a small pot. Using a knife or a spoon, gently crush each cardamom so that they crack open a bit. Add the crushed cardamom pods and the dried rose to the pot along with the water and honey.
Set the pot over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a simmer. Allow it to simmer for 3 minutes, then turn off the heat and cover the pot with a lid or towel so that the flavors can develop as the syrup steeps. Allow the syrup to steep for 30 minutes, then strain the syrup into a small bottle or jar.
Keep the syrup in the fridge and make sure to use it within 2 weeks. Use the syrup to sweeten tea, coffee, oatmeal, pancakes, yogurt, etc.
Notes
- If you cannot consume honey or you’d like to make this syrup completely vegan, substitute an equal amount of cane sugar in place of the honey.
- If you don’t have access to local honey, use whatever honey you like!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Steep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: syrup
