Other forms: grenadines
Grenadine is a syrup made from pomegranates. It’s red, thick, and sticky but delicious mixed with other drinks. If you’ve ever had a proper Shirley Temple, you’ve had grenadine and maybe even a little umbrella.
The word grenadine comes from France in the late 1800s, from sirop de grenadine for "syrup made from pomegranates.” Imagine poets and cabaret singers sipping drinks mixed with grenadine in a sassy café in Paris in the 1900s. Or now — people still use grenadine all the time. Bartenders know what grenadine is, since it's part of many mixed drinks. Two drinks that include grenadine are the Sea Breeze (which has alcohol) and the Shirley Temple cocktail (which does not).