Espresso Syrup

Ingredients

You want it nice and smooth, about like so:
Start by combining a cup of sugar and about a quarter cup of water in saucepan.
Set it over high heat and swirl it gently.
It’ll get darker…
…and darker…
to darker until it starts to smoke prodigiously. Cook it until you see a deep brown-black spot in the center of the pan.
4 this point add 4 ounces (half a cup) of warm espresso. Careful now…it’ll hiss and bubble.
to Drop the heat to medium and whisk the mixture. Keep the heat on as long as there are still any hard bits remaining.

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