# Homemade Coca-Cola

A recipe for making Coca-Cola from scratch using natural ingredients without phosphoric acid or corn syrup.

- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 0.5 cup water
- 3 small ones cinnamon sticks
- 1 little bit lemon skin
- 1 little bit lime skin
- 1 little bit orange skin
- 1 dash coriander
- 1 little bit nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 0.5 tsp bitters
- 3 parts sparkling water
- 1 part syrup

## Instructions

1. Place a pot on medium-low heat.
2. Add one cup of coconut sugar to the pot.
3. Cook and stir the sugar until it gets sticky.
4. Once the sugar is sticky, add half a cup of water.
5. Increase the heat slightly to bring the mixture to a simmer.
6. Once it starts to simmer, add one large or three small cinnamon sticks.
7. Add a little bit of lemon skin, lime skin, and orange skin.
8. Add a dash of coriander and a little bit of nutmeg.
9. Let this simmer for five to 10 minutes until it gets thick and all the flavors combine.
10. After 10 minutes, take it off the heat.
11. Strain the mixture into a glass jar to remove the peels and other solids; this is your syrup.
12. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla to the syrup.
13. Add half a teaspoon of bitters (ensure it does not have red dye).
14. Let the syrup cool for about 30 minutes.
15. In a cup with ice, combine one part syrup with three parts sparkling water.
16. Stir and enjoy your homemade Coca-Cola.

## Equipment

- pot
- glass jar
- cup

## Tips

- Use bitters without red dye.
- Let the syrup cool for 30 minutes.
- Mix one part syrup to three parts sparkling water.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-05-11

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