What is oleo saccharum?
Oleo saccharum: "Oil sugar": citrus peels muddled with sugar until their oils make a syrup. Classic in punch.
- Category
- Syrup & mixer
- Taste
- Intense citrus peel sweetness.
- Strength
- Non-alcoholic
- Similar to
- a fancy citrus syrup
- Also called
- oleo, oleo-saccharum
The story
It's Latin for "oil sugar." It was the secret of 1800s punch bowls, and David Wondrich's book Punch (2010) brought it back to modern bars.