Homemade Cola

Name: Homemade Cola
Total time: 90 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: water; plain white sugar; demerara sugar; caramel sugar; caramel coloring; grated lemon peels; lime peels; orange peels; citric acid; malic acid; nutmeg; Ceylon cinnamon; vanilla bean; coriander seeds; rose hip; 1 single coffee bean; cola nut; makrut lime leaves; 30 mils cola syrup; 1 ounce cola syrup; 2 drops saline solution; highly carbonated water

1h 30m

Serves 1

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Homemade Cola

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1h 30m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add water, plain white sugar, demerara sugar, and caramel sugar together.
2Add caramel coloring.
3Add grated lemon, lime, and orange peels.
4Add citric and malic acid.
5Crush nutmeg and Ceylon cinnamon in a mortar.
6Add vanilla bean to the mortar.
7Add coriander seeds and rose hip to the mortar.
8Add a single coffee bean and the cola nut to the mortar.
9Add makrut lime leaves to the mortar.
10Grind the ingredients in the mortar into an almost paste-like consistency.
11Transfer the mixture into a sous vide bag.
12Vacuum seal the bag.
13Place the sealed bag in a sous vide bath set to 80 degrees Celsius or 175 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 and a half hours.
14Agitate the bag every so often during cooking.
15Cut open the bag and filter the contents.
16Bottle the syrup.
17Put the syrup in the fridge to cool.
18For each bottle, use 30 mils or 1 ounce of the cola syrup.
19Add two drops of saline solution.
20Add highly carbonated water.
21Place a crown on top of the bottle and seal it firmly.

Ingredients

water
plain white sugar
demerara sugar
caramel sugar
caramel coloring
grated lemon peels
lime peels
orange peels
citric acid
malic acid
nutmeg
Ceylon cinnamon
vanilla bean
coriander seeds
rose hip
1 single coffee bean
cola nut
makrut lime leaves
30 mils cola syrup
1 ounce cola syrup
2 drops saline solution
highly carbonated water

Equipment

mortarsous vide bagsous vide bathbottlesfridgecrown sealer

Tips

Agitate the sous vide bag every so often.

Homemade Cola

1h 30m

Serves 1

youtube.com

Homemade Cola

youtube.com

1h 30m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add water, plain white sugar, demerara sugar, and caramel sugar together.
2Add caramel coloring.
3Add grated lemon, lime, and orange peels.
4Add citric and malic acid.
5Crush nutmeg and Ceylon cinnamon in a mortar.
6Add vanilla bean to the mortar.
7Add coriander seeds and rose hip to the mortar.
8Add a single coffee bean and the cola nut to the mortar.
9Add makrut lime leaves to the mortar.
10Grind the ingredients in the mortar into an almost paste-like consistency.
11Transfer the mixture into a sous vide bag.
12Vacuum seal the bag.
13Place the sealed bag in a sous vide bath set to 80 degrees Celsius or 175 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 and a half hours.
14Agitate the bag every so often during cooking.
15Cut open the bag and filter the contents.
16Bottle the syrup.
17Put the syrup in the fridge to cool.
18For each bottle, use 30 mils or 1 ounce of the cola syrup.
19Add two drops of saline solution.
20Add highly carbonated water.
21Place a crown on top of the bottle and seal it firmly.