Monin Passion Fruit Flavor Concentrate 375ml Bottle

I purchased three different watermelon flavorings in an effort to fabricate a home-made flavored water drink: This one (Monin Watermelon Flavor Concentrate), the Capella flavoring, the LorAnn Oils product. I'm essentially attempting to reproduce the Bai Watermelon drink, so I can both cut my Bai cost and cut my plastic use.My comments on the three are as follows - listed best-to-worst, for a beverage use:- Monin. The flavor of the Monin is quite accurate to the real thing (Watermelon), and to the the Bai beverage. It was easily the best of the three. A big side-benefit: It comes in a large bottle, and I think will be much more economical to use as a daily beverage flavoring.- Capella. The Capella flavor was a good second, but still tastes just a *smidgen* artificial. It's an okay 2nd place, but just ok. It's also a small bottle from which you drip drops. It takes less *volume* than the Monin by far. (16 drops, vs. the 2 oz of Monin). Nonetheless, I think the Monin will be a better value over constant use. I'll finish using the vial I ordered of this, but not re-order.- LorAnn. STAY AWAY. This smells more like a ladies perfume - both standalone and when used in a beverage. It had that overly-floral, highly-chemistry-based taste that I associate with artificial flavorings. I tried it once, and threw it away. I cannot imagine ANY edible thing where you'd want to use this flavoring - beverage, baked, or otherwise.Hope this is helpful. I'll cross-post to the other two products.By the way: Here's the recipe I've come up with for a daily beverage that approximates watermelon Bai:- 50ml Cascara (coffee fruit) tea - as strong as you can make it. I make mine with hot water, THEN let it continue to brew overnight. The cascara brand doesn't seem to make a difference; but the strength of it does. I vary this element from cup to cup, to change up the flavor of each batch, for variety's sake.- 1 Tbsp Steviva Blend (brand sweetener) - the combination of both Stevia & Erythritol seems to be important (vs. just one or the other). I think the Bai uses a higher proportion - maybe 1.5 - 2 Tbsp / beverage. I prefer my version that is a bit less-sweet.- 1/8 Tsp Citric Acid powder (vendor of your choice). It turns out to be important to have a bit of this - but a little bit of this goes a LONG way; don't over-do.- 2 oz Monin Watermelon concentrate. Or, just 1-3 pumps, to taste.- 400-500 ml of water - enough to fill your tall plastic Starbucks cup ;-)- IceIt's not exactly clear, but when you order the Monin from Amazon, you will NOT receive a pump to use with the bottle, as you do if/when you order from Monin directly. This didn't turn out to be a significant issue, though, since I'm roughly eye-balling my Monin usage just fine, and the Amazon ordering experience is superior.Enjoy.-jb

Nice kick for spicy Margaritas!

Since sodastream discontinued their cucumber drops, I've been trying to find anything that is at least close to the flavor of real cucumbers. This is the closest I've found so far! The only thing I don't like is sometimes I can taste a hint of oil. Which is not great. But 9/10, this is as good as I've tasted.

The whole package smells of cucumber and as nice as it smells I do not trust using the concentrate. When I went to open the bottle it did click like it was first being open so maybe the cap was sealed but wasn't airtight?

Works good taste good light

On the Good Side, the stuff is great for making refreshing Cucumber Water. On the bad side, it's formulated almost entirely from Vegetable Glycerine or Glycerol, which is a Sugar Alcohol and as such can cause severe abdominal distress in some people...and I am one of those people. I can't use the product.

So good and fresh

I used this to make a TROPICAL HEAT MARTINI and I think you can reduce the amount suggested for a more palatable drink!