Homemade Coca-Cola

Name: Homemade Coca-Cola
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup coconut sugar; 0.5 cup water; 3 cinnamon sticks; lemon skin; lime skin; orange skin; 1 dash coriander; 1 dash nutmeg; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 0.5 teaspoon bitters; ice; 3 parts sparkling water

40m

Serves 1

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Homemade Coca-Cola

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40m

Serves 1

Directions

1Place a pot on medium-low heat.
2Add 1 cup of coconut sugar to the pot.
3Cook and stir the sugar until it becomes sticky.
4Once the sugar is sticky, add 1/2 cup of water.
5Turn up the heat to bring the mixture to a simmer.
6Once it starts to simmer, add 3 small cinnamon sticks.
7Add a little bit of lemon skin to the pot.
8Add some lime skin to the pot.
9Add some orange skin to the pot.
10Add a dash of coriander to the pot.
11Add a dash of nutmeg to the pot.
12Let the mixture simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until it gets thick and all the flavors come together.
13After 10 minutes, take the pot off the heat.
14Strain the mixture into a glass jar, making sure no peels or other solids get into the syrup.
15Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla to the syrup.
16Add 1/2 teaspoon of bitters (without red dyes) to the syrup.
17Let the syrup cool for about 30 minutes.
18Add ice to a cup.
19Pour one part of the cooled syrup into the cup with ice.
20Pour three parts of sparkling water (preferably lemon-flavored, like Spindrift) into the cup with the syrup and ice.
21Stir the mixture in the cup.
22Enjoy your homemade Coca-Cola!

Ingredients

1 cup coconut sugar
0.5 cup water
3 cinnamon sticks
lemon skin
lime skin
orange skin
1 dash coriander
1 dash nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
0.5 teaspoon bitters
ice
3 parts sparkling water

Equipment

potwooden spoonglass jarstrainercupstraw

Tips

Make sure the sugar gets sticky like your ex.
Let the flavors come together.
Use bitters without red dyes.
No dyes, no corn syrup, no phosphoric acid.
This tastes way better than Pepsi.
You gotta make this, it's a hit!

Homemade Coca-Cola

40m

Serves 1

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Homemade Coca-Cola

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40m

Serves 1

Directions

1Place a pot on medium-low heat.
2Add 1 cup of coconut sugar to the pot.
3Cook and stir the sugar until it becomes sticky.
4Once the sugar is sticky, add 1/2 cup of water.
5Turn up the heat to bring the mixture to a simmer.
6Once it starts to simmer, add 3 small cinnamon sticks.
7Add a little bit of lemon skin to the pot.
8Add some lime skin to the pot.
9Add some orange skin to the pot.
10Add a dash of coriander to the pot.
11Add a dash of nutmeg to the pot.
12Let the mixture simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until it gets thick and all the flavors come together.
13After 10 minutes, take the pot off the heat.
14Strain the mixture into a glass jar, making sure no peels or other solids get into the syrup.
15Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla to the syrup.
16Add 1/2 teaspoon of bitters (without red dyes) to the syrup.
17Let the syrup cool for about 30 minutes.
18Add ice to a cup.
19Pour one part of the cooled syrup into the cup with ice.
20Pour three parts of sparkling water (preferably lemon-flavored, like Spindrift) into the cup with the syrup and ice.
21Stir the mixture in the cup.
22Enjoy your homemade Coca-Cola!