# Homemade Coca-Cola

This recipe guides you through making a homemade version of Coca-Cola using natural ingredients and avoiding phosphoric acids and corn syrups.

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

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- pot
- wooden spoon
- glass jar
- strainer
- cup
- straw

## 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!

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1C53ijMEAB/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/76a133fe-9bf8-418f-a450-5edb385a5966
- Extracted: 2025-07-04

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