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Cola III

Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 5 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Drink

Tags: duplicate, easy, public domain, recipes for soda pop, recipes using caffeine, recipes using carbonated water, recipes using cinnamon, recipes using coriander, recipes using gum arabic, recipes using lemon, recipes using lime juice, recipes using nutmeg

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ACola_III)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ACola%20III&oldid=4634905

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

¾ tsp (3.75 ml) 150+ proof unflavored food-grade spirit OR a mixture of ½ tsp (2.5 ml) water with ¼ tsp (1.25 ml) food-grade gum arabic
1 drop petit grain (lemon leaf and twig oil)
2 drops coriander oil
2 drops nutmeg oil
4 drops cinnamon oil
5 drops orange oil
6 drops lemon oil
¼ tsp (0.75 ml) phosphoric acid
¾ tsp (3.75 ml) caramel color
¾ tsp (3.75 ml) strained lime juice
10 fl oz (300 ml) water
10 fl oz (300 ml) white sugar
25 mg caffeine (optional)
Carbonated water as needed

Directions

Combine the spirits and oils together in a small cup, mixing well. Set aside.
Combine the phosphoric acid, caramel color, lime juice, water, and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then boil until it becomes a thick syrup.
Remove the syrup from the heat, and stir in the caffeine and oil mixture. Let cool.
To make the finished soda, combine 1 volume of syrup with 5 volumes of carbonated water.

Notes

Use a clean eye dropper to measure drops. Do not use a pipette, an eye dropper previously used for dispensing medication, or a spoon to measure drops.

Use water from a carbonating machine or a brand of pure carbonated water such as Polar Original Sparkling Water, Great Value Seltzer Water, or Signature Select Seltzer Water. Do not use a brand of mineral water such as Perrier, San Pellegrino, or Mineragua because the added minerals will ruin the taste. Avoid flavored sparkling water such as La Croix or Spindrift because the preexisting fruit flavors will ruin the drink.

You can substitute the caramel color with browning the sugar in a saucepan and immediately adding the other syrup ingredients immediately afterward.

You can omit the caramel color and use brown sugar or piloncillo instead.

You can make cherry cola by adding 1 tsp (5 ml) of cherry extract to the oil-spirits mixture.

You can make vanilla cola by adding 1 tsp (5 ml) of vanilla extract to the oil-spirits mixture.