Syrup
Levantine Carob Syrup
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Levantine carob syrup (dibs kharrub) is boiled carob-pod extract: dark, fruity-chocolate, mineral, stretched with water as a drink or poured on tahini and bread. Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian jars are the type. It is not cacao and not grape pekmez. A spoon with tahini is breakfast. In baking it behaves like a fruit molasses.
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Carob PodDarkDibs KharrubFruity Cocoa HintMineralNot ChocolateNot PekmezTahini Breakfast
History
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Levantine kitchens extracted carob pods into a dark breakfast syrup.
Bottled dibs kharrub sat beside grape dibs in Levantine pantries.
Diaspora groceries made Levantine carob syrup a named vegan chocolate-adjacent pour.