# Homemade Cola

A homemade cola recipe using a blend of spices, citrus zests, and caramel to create a unique flavor.

- Total time: 5 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.75 cup brown sugar
- 0.5 cup water
- 0.25 spoon orange zest
- 0.25 spoon lemon zest
- 1 piece cinnamon stick
- few coriander seeds
- touch cloves
- 2 spoons dark caramel
- 0.5 spoon lime juice
- 0.5 spoon lemon juice
- 1 spoon coffee extract
- touch halal vanilla
- 0.5 cup syrup
- 1 slice lemon
- sparkling water

## Instructions

1. Combine brown sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
2. Add orange zest, lemon zest, cinnamon stick, coriander seeds, and cloves to the boiling mixture.
3. Mix and boil for 5 minutes.
4. Add two spoons of dark caramel to the syrup.
5. Cool down the syrup.
6. Strain the syrup into a bowl.
7. Add half a spoon of lime juice and half a spoon of lemon juice to the syrup.
8. Add one spoon of coffee extract and a touch of halal vanilla to the syrup.
9. Whisk the mixture well.
10. Pour half a cup of syrup into a glass with ice for every liter of cola.
11. Add sparkling water and mix it.

## Equipment

- saucepan
- whisk
- strainer
- bowl
- glass

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/ftkx0IP9wSE?si=v79QTkJuwGqftzkR
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4097db8e-bcbe-4aa5-b087-430a1970e548
- Extracted: 2025-12-01

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