The BEST (and the ORIGINAL) coffee syrup in the history of coffee syrup is coming back!!!

Submitted by m1327 t3_zmlg27 in providence

The first mass-produced coffee syrup was introduced by the Silmo Packing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1932.

It was the BEST. Autocrat comes close, but when you grew up on Silmo you KNOW.

They stopped making it over 20 years ago, but now it's back baby!

As a true Rhode Islander, you have to accept the fact that Silmo was the OG.

If you can't tell, I'm hyped to get some Silmo again and see if it hits all the nostalgia buttons :)

Yes, I'm aware this may be a controversial take here in pvd - but most ya'll probably not even old 'nuff to know.

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infromthestorm t1_j0bn1x1 wrote

Never heard of it. I used to smack my lips on Eclipse. It sucks now.

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diskimone t1_j0bosz8 wrote

Dave's makes the best coffee syrup, and its not close.

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zangieflookingmofo t1_j0bxd6v wrote

It's very easy to make your own, although you might be disgusted by how much sugar you need to use to get it close to the bottled stuff. I do 2:1(by volume) sugar to concentrated coffee and it ends up being a little less sweet than Autocrat and about the same as Dave's. (16.7g/oz)

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RandomChurn t1_j0ci9pf wrote

OP, sorry did I miss it? The article doesn't say where to buy it?

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thehillshaveI t1_j0da13c wrote

did they only sell this in east bay or something?

i've never heard of it, and neither had my mom who's lived here since the mid-sixties

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Aeronaute t1_j0f1c3e wrote

You won't convert me from Eclipse!

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m1327 OP t1_j0g81h2 wrote

Replying to Aeronaute (#941,904)

.... if you actually like current day Eclipse, than probably not. To me, that's the worst option. I rank them as follows:

  1. Silmo
  2. Autocrat
  3. Dave's

... big gap...

... 4. Eclipse

There are some other lesser known brands out there that fall somewhere after Autocrat for me, but those are the major players afaik.

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