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Pratt Standard Classic Cocktail Syrup Set
Classic cocktail fans
Gift ideas for coffee and cocktail lovers
Café gear, bar tools, craft syrups and the books bartenders learn from, side by side with syrups you can bottle at home. Pick who it's for, then buy it or make it.
87 gift ideas: 54 to buy, 33 to make
Now · Nov 1 – Dec 20
Holiday gifts
A boxed syrup set, café cups or a pair of rocks glasses, or a long-keeping syrup you bottle yourself with a printed label and a tag.
Make 12 bottlesHoliday label pack
Make at home17 min
Homemade gingerbread syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Loveramics Egg Latte Cups and Saucers (300 ml)
Latte drinkers with a frother or espresso machine
Make at home6 min
Homemade peppermint syrup
Keeps 1 month in the fridge
Make at home9 min
Homemade cranberry syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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Libbey Rocks Glasses (set of 4)
Whiskey and Old Fashioned drinkers
Make at home7 min
Homemade rosemary simple syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Monin Coffee Syrup Mini Gift Set
Stocking stuffers and coworkers
By person
Gifts for everyone on your list
Something to buy and something to make for each of them. Tap a picture to check the price or get the recipe.
Gifts for coffee lovers
Café syrups to buy or bottle yourself, cups made for latte art, and the gear to steam milk and pour like a barista.
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Portland Syrups Coffee Gift Set (vanilla, hazelnut, caramel)
Latte drinkers
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Loveramics Egg Latte Cups and Saucers (300 ml)
Latte drinkers with a frother or espresso machine
Make at home8 min
Homemade vanilla syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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Rattleware Latte Art Pitcher (20 oz)
Espresso machine owners
Make at home17 min
Homemade caramel syrup
Keeps 1 month in the fridge
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Breville Bambino Plus Espresso Machine
Real espresso lattes at home
Ready to buy
Fellow Stagg EKG Electric Gooseneck Kettle
Pour-over coffee and tea drinkers
Make at home22 min
Homemade hazelnut syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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The World Atlas of Coffee, 3rd edition (James Hoffmann)
Coffee lovers who want to learn more
Ready to buy
Nespresso Aeroccino3 Milk Frother
Foolproof hot and cold foam
Gifts for home bartenders
The syrups bars make in-house, ready-made or homemade, with the glasses, bitters and tools to use them.
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Liber & Co. Cocktail Syrups (3-pack)
Bar-quality syrup without the cooking
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Libbey Rocks Glasses (set of 4)
Whiskey and Old Fashioned drinkers
Make at home9 min
Homemade demerara syrup
Keeps 2 months in the fridge
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Angostura Bitters 3-Flavor Set (aromatic, orange, cocoa)
Anyone with a home bar
Make at home20 min
Homemade orgeat
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Luxardo Maraschino Cherries (400 g)
Manhattan and Old Fashioned drinkers
Ready to buy
Cocktail Kingdom Yarai Mixing Glass (500 ml)
Manhattans and martinis
Make at home10 min
Homemade grenadine
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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Bormioli Rocco Nick & Nora Glasses (set of 4)
Martini and sour drinkers
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Cocktail Smoker Kit with Torch & Wood Chips
Gifts for whiskey lovers
Gifts for non-drinkers
Every syrup on this site is alcohol-free. Add soda water, a shrub or a bitter apéritif and it becomes a proper drink with no alcohol.
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Ghia Non-Alcoholic Apéritif
Non-drinkers who like bitter drinks
Make at home13 min
Homemade ginger syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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SodaStream Terra Sparkling Water Maker
Homemade sodas every day
Make at home10 min
Homemade hibiscus syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Element Shrub Drinking Vinegar
Non-drinkers
Make at home15 min
Homemade lime cordial
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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The Nonalcoholic Bar (John deBary)
Non-drinkers who like to make things
Make at home13 min
Homemade grapefruit syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Jack Rudy Small Batch Tonic Syrup
Gin and tonic drinkers
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Good Drinks (Julia Bainbridge)
Non-drinkers and hosts
Housewarming and hostess gifts
Something for the bar cart or the next party: a boxed syrup set, glasses, a drinks dispenser, or a big bottle of classic syrup you made.
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Pratt Standard Classic Cocktail Syrup Set
Classic cocktail fans
Make at home6 min
Homemade classic simple syrup
Keeps 1 month in the fridge
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Glass Beverage Dispenser with Spigot (2 gal)
Parties and showers
Make at home13 min
Homemade lemon syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Coupe Cocktail Glasses (set of 4)
Shaken drinks and gifting
Make at home15 min
Homemade mint simple syrup
Keeps 1 week in the fridge
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Tovolo King Cube Silicone Ice Molds (2-pack)
Stirred drinks and iced coffee
Make at home8 min
Homemade rich simple syrup
Keeps 3 months in the fridge
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Mixology & Craft 16-Piece Cocktail Shaker Set
Starting a home bar
Ready to buy
3-Tier Metal & Glass Bar Cart
Setting up a home bar
Birthday gifts for the sweet tooth
Honey, vanilla and floral syrups for the friend who bakes, or chocolate syrup and cake-soaking syrup you made yourself.
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Savannah Bee Honey Sample Set
Tea drinkers and bakers
Make at home8 min
Homemade chocolate syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean Paste (4 oz)
Vanilla bean flavor without pods
Make at home6 min
Homemade simple syrup for cakes
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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Royal Rose Organic Simple Syrup
Tea and lemonade drinkers
Make at home15 min
Homemade strawberry syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Ateco Revolving Cake Decorating Stand
Layer cakes and soaking syrups
Make at home5 min
Homemade honey syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Nespresso VertuoPlus by De'Longhi with Aeroccino Frother
Easy lattes and gifting
Small gifts and stocking stuffers
Little things that still feel thoughtful: a bar spoon, a jigger, a syrup sampler, or a mini bottle of something you made.
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Cocktail Kingdom Teardrop Bar Spoon (30 cm)
A small gift for a home bartender
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Monin Coffee Syrup Mini Gift Set
Stocking stuffers and coworkers
Make at home6 min
Homemade peppermint syrup
Keeps 1 month in the fridge
Ready to buy
OXO SteeL Angled Measuring Jigger
Measuring syrup into drinks
Make at home20 min
Homemade chai syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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Zulay Kitchen Handheld Milk Frother
Lattes and cold foam on a budget
Ready to buy
Strongwater Old Fashioned Mix Sampler (4-pack)
Whiskey drinkers
Make at home17 min
Homemade cinnamon syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Tovolo King Cube Silicone Ice Molds (2-pack)
Stirred drinks and iced coffee
Ready to buy
Element Shrub Drinking Vinegar
Non-drinkers
Thank-you gifts for a crowd
Neighbors, coworkers, the dog walker. Split a sampler set, or scale a vanilla or brown sugar batch up to fill a row of small bottles; the calculator works out the sugar.
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Monin Coffee Syrup Mini Gift Set
Stocking stuffers and coworkers
Make at home8 min
Homemade vanilla syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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8.5 oz Swing-Top Glass Gift Bottles (12-pack)
Holiday syrup gifts
Make at home8 min
Homemade brown sugar syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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2 Inch Round Printable Sticker Labels (sheets)
Printing the free bottle labels
Make at home22 min
Homemade hazelnut syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Kraft Paper Gift Tags with Twine (100-pack)
Gift bottles
Make at home5 min
Homemade honey syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Kraft Bottle Gift Boxes with Window
Ready-to-give syrup gifts
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Portland Syrups Coffee Gift Set (vanilla, hazelnut, caramel)
Latte drinkers
The cocktail books behind our drinks
Every drink recipe on this site names the book it comes from. These are the ones worth owning; The Savoy Cocktail Book alone is the source for 12 of them.
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The Savoy Cocktail Book (Harry Craddock)
Classic-cocktail history
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Beachbum Berry Remixed (Jeff Berry)
Tiki history and recipes
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The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails
The drinks historian
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The PDT Cocktail Book (Jim Meehan)
Modern classics, exact specs
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A Proper Drink (Robert Simonson)
Modern-classic stories
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Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails
Anyone serious about cocktails
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Imbibe! (David Wondrich, updated edition)
Nineteenth-century drinks
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Regarding Cocktails (Sasha Petraske)
Simple, perfect drinks
Through the year
Gifts by occasion
In the order they come round. Each one shows on the homepage while its window is open.
Feb 14
Valentine's Day gifts
A pair of glasses, a jar of cocktail cherries, or a small bottle of rose or raspberry syrup you made: cocktail night, wrapped.
See all 9 gift ideas
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Bormioli Rocco Nick & Nora Glasses (set of 4)
Martini and sour drinkers
Make at home7 min
Homemade rose syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Luxardo Maraschino Cherries (400 g)
Manhattan and Old Fashioned drinkers
Make at home10 min
Homemade raspberry syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Royal Rose Organic Simple Syrup
Tea and lemonade drinkers
Make at home8 min
Homemade chocolate syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Coupe Cocktail Glasses (set of 4)
Shaken drinks and gifting
Make at home15 min
Homemade strawberry syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Mixology & Craft 16-Piece Cocktail Shaker Set
Starting a home bar
May 9
Gifts for Mother's Day
Café cups and a frother for the latte person, a set of honeys for the tea drinker, or lavender syrup with a handwritten tag.
See all 9 gift ideas
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Loveramics Egg Latte Cups and Saucers (300 ml)
Latte drinkers with a frother or espresso machine
Make at home7 min
Homemade lavender syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Savannah Bee Honey Sample Set
Tea drinkers and bakers
Make at home20 min
Homemade elderflower syrup
Keeps 1 month in the fridge
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Zulay Kitchen Handheld Milk Frother
Lattes and cold foam on a budget
Make at home7 min
Homemade rose syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Royal Rose Organic Simple Syrup
Tea and lemonade drinkers
Make at home5 min
Homemade honey lavender syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Fellow Stagg EKG Electric Gooseneck Kettle
Pour-over coffee and tea drinkers
May 1 – Jun 6
Teacher gifts
Coffee syrup always gets used. Buy a sampler set, or scale one recipe up to fill a bottle for everyone on the class list (the batch buttons do the math).
See all 9 gift ideas
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Portland Syrups Coffee Gift Set (vanilla, hazelnut, caramel)
Latte drinkers
Make at home8 min
Homemade vanilla syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Monin Coffee Syrup Mini Gift Set
Stocking stuffers and coworkers
Make at home17 min
Homemade caramel syrup
Keeps 1 month in the fridge
Ready to buy
8.5 oz Swing-Top Glass Gift Bottles (12-pack)
Holiday syrup gifts
Make at home8 min
Homemade brown sugar syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
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Kraft Paper Gift Tags with Twine (100-pack)
Gift bottles
Make at home13 min
Homemade lemon syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
2 Inch Round Printable Sticker Labels (sheets)
Printing the free bottle labels
Jun 20
Father's Day gifts
Everything for a proper Old Fashioned: heavy glasses, bitters, cherries and a smoker, with demerara or maple syrup to sweeten it.
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Libbey Rocks Glasses (set of 4)
Whiskey and Old Fashioned drinkers
Make at home9 min
Homemade demerara syrup
Keeps 2 months in the fridge
Ready to buy
Cocktail Smoker Kit with Torch & Wood Chips
Gifts for whiskey lovers
Make at home5 min
Homemade maple simple syrup
Keeps 3 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Strongwater Old Fashioned Mix Sampler (4-pack)
Whiskey drinkers
Make at home8 min
Homemade rich simple syrup
Keeps 3 months in the fridge
Ready to buy
Angostura Bitters 3-Flavor Set (aromatic, orange, cocoa)
Anyone with a home bar
Make at home20 min
Homemade cherry syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
Ready to buy
Luxardo Maraschino Cherries (400 g)
Manhattan and Old Fashioned drinkers
Ready to buy
The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique
Learning technique
Apr 15 – Sep 30
Wedding and shower favors
Mini bottles of lavender, rose or peach syrup make favors guests actually take home. Print the couple's names on the labels.
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2 oz (60 ml) Mini Glass Bottles with Corks (24-pack)
Wedding and party favors
Make at home7 min
Homemade lavender syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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Small Wooden Display Crates (set of 3)
The favor table
Make at home7 min
Homemade rose syrup
Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge
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1.5 Inch Round Printable Labels (400, 20 per sheet)
Labeling mini favor bottles
Make at home20 min
Homemade elderflower syrup
Keeps 1 month in the fridge
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Organza Drawstring Favor Bags, 4 × 6 in (100-pack)
Wrapping mini bottles
Make at home20 min
Homemade peach syrup
Keeps 1 week in the fridge
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Self-Adhesive Wax Seal Stickers (50-pack)
A finishing touch for favors
Make them yourself
Homemade syrup gifts
A bottle of syrup you made, a printed label and a tag with a drink on it. Cheap to make for six people or a hundred, and it gets used.
Gift planner
Plan a batch of homemade gifts
How much syrup to make, the bottles, labels and packaging to buy, and when to make it, from six bottles to a hundred wedding favors.
Wedding favors · 100Holiday gifts · 12Teachers · 25Coworkers and thank-yous · 30
Open the gift plannerPick a syrup that keeps
Rich 2:1 syrup keeps about six months in the fridge, classic 1:1 about a month. How long syrups last.
Bottle it
Small swing-top bottles are the gift size. Scale the recipe to fill them; the batch buttons and the calculator do the math.
Label it
The free label maker prints the syrup, the date and your name, and the holiday label pack has twelve designs.
Tie on a drink
Every recipe lists drinks to make with it. Copy one onto the tag, and say to keep it in the fridge.
Bottles, tags and boxes
Ready to buy
8.5 oz Swing-Top Glass Gift Bottles (12-pack)
Holiday syrup gifts
Ready to buy
Kraft Paper Gift Tags with Twine (100-pack)
Gift bottles
Ready to buy
Kraft Bottle Gift Boxes with Window
Ready-to-give syrup gifts
Ready to buy
2 Inch Round Printable Sticker Labels (sheets)
Printing the free bottle labels
Ready to buy
2 oz (60 ml) Mini Glass Bottles with Corks (24-pack)
Wedding and party favors