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title: Making Cola
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date: 2021-12-30
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draft: false
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description: From Pure Homemade ingredients
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category: article
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image: /media/thumbnails/cola.jpg
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---
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{{< pic "/media/img/cola1/finish.jpg" >}}
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# Taste
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I'm ignoring carbonation since everyone is going to probably use something
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different. _However_, I used a Soda Stream set to **2** which gave me a
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very fine carbonation and a very nice head when poured over ice.
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Taste wise this is going to be very flowery, cinnamon-y, cola.
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# Ingredients
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_Makes 4 cups of syrup total_.
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| Amount | Item |
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|1 tsp | Cinnamon |
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|1 tsp | Nutmeg |
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|1 tsp | Coriander |
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|1 tbsp | Brown Sugar |
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|1/2 tsp | Anise |
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|1/2 tsp | Citric Acid |
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| 2 | Oranges worth of **zest** |
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| 1 | Lemon worth of **zest** |
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| 2 Cups | Water |
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| 2 Cups | Sugar |
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# Process
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Mix the following together:
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* Cinnamon
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* Nutmeg
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* Coriander
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* Brown Sugar
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* Anise
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* Citric Acid
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* Oranges zest
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* Lemon zest
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* 2 cups of water
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{{< pic "/media/img/cola1/dry-bowl.jpg" >}}
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{{< pic "/media/img/cola1/sugar.jpg" >}}
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{{< pic "/media/img/cola1/zest.jpg" >}}
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Mix this up in a pot and get it to simmer for 20 minutes.
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{{< pic "/media/img/cola1/pot.jpg" >}}
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While the pot is simmering take the 2 cups of sugar and blitz it in a food
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processor. Doing this makes the sugar dissolve more easily later on when we
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mix everything.
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For now while waiting move the sugar to a large bowl.
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Once the 20 minutes on the pot is up grab a fine sieve and strain the pot's
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mixture through into the bowl with the sugar. Let cool and mix occasionally for
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about 15 minutes.
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You're looking for a simple-syrup consistency.
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Once cool you can mix with club soda, sparkling mineral water, or if you have a
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Soda Stream use that, to add some carbonation.
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## Ration for soda
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**4:1** of Water to syrup.
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# Additional Notes
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You can also add 1 tsp of vanilla bean, or like a splash of vanilla extract
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near the end when you are mixing with the sugar.
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If the final product is too syrupy then turn it down to like a **5:1** ratio.
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Any lower and you might start to dilute the flavor too much.
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Finally if you don't like the color then you can add blue + red to make the color
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a bit darker, similar to the pic below. I used **5 blue to 4 red**.
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{{< pic "/media/img/cola1/fake-bottled.jpg" >}}
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