today we're taking booze in the kitchen and making cinnamon syrup for this recipe you're gonna need a large measuring cup a pot a wooden spoon a funnel a large strainer a fine mesh strainer and a bottle the ingredients are sugar water and cinnamon cinnamon syrup is a useful thing to keep in stock for both modern and classic tiki drinks but it's also a great way to spice up your whiskey sours you can try subbing it in for anything that calls for simple syrup and see how it works and if you run out of drinks to make with it you can always pour it on your pancakes according to Martin and Rebecca Kate in their book Smuggler's Cove they like making cinnamon syrup with cassia cinnamon but they encourage experimentation I like mixing it up I use two parts of the sweeter spicier Vietnamese cassia and one part of the fruity or mellow or Ceylon Ceylon is native to sri lanka but in mexican markets it's known as Cannella you don't have to use different types of cinnamon you can make it all Casilla syrup or an all Ceylon syrup that part's up to you this recipe is pretty straightforward let's start with the sugar measure out eight ounces or 240 milliliters of sugar add that to the pot then crack three cinnamon sticks in half drop those in the pod measure out eight ounces or 240 milliliters of water add that to the pot turn it on high heat and stir it to help the sugar dissolve then let it come to a boil once it's boiling turn it down to low heat and let it simmer for two to three minutes turn off the heat pop on the lid and let it steep for two hours once it's ready pour the syrup through a strainer into a measuring cup then pour it into your bottle using a fine mesh strainer that'll help pick up any little bits of cinnamon left in the syrup pop on the top and store it in the fridge and that's all there is to it homemade cinnamon syrup enjoy click here for more videos be sure to subscribe and check us out on Facebook Twitter Instagram for links more info and a printed recipe check out the description below you