# Homemade Cola

This recipe guides you through making a homemade cola using a blend of spices, citrus zests, and caramel.

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

## Ingredients

- 0.75 cup brown sugar
- 0.5 cup water
- 0.25 tsp orange zest
- 0.25 tsp lemon zest
- 1 piece cinnamon stick
- few coriander seeds
- touch clove powder
- 2 spoons dark caramel
- 0.5 spoon lime juice
- 0.5 spoon lemon juice
- 1 spoon coffee extract
- touch halal vanilla
- 1 liter carbonated water

## Instructions

1. Add brown sugar to a pot.
2. Add water to the pot.
3. Bring the mixture to a boil.
4. Add orange zest to the boiling mixture.
5. Add lemon zest to the mixture.
6. Add a piece of cinnamon stick to the mixture.
7. Add coriander seeds to the mixture.
8. Add a touch of clove powder.
9. Mix and boil for 5 minutes.
10. Add two spoons of dark caramel.
11. Cool down the syrup.
12. Strain the syrup.
13. Add half a spoon of lime juice.
14. Add half a spoon of lemon juice.
15. Add one spoon of coffee extract.
16. Add a touch of halal vanilla.
17. Whisk the mixture well.
18. Pour half a cup of syrup into a glass with ice.
19. Add carbonated water to the glass.
20. Stir the mixture in the glass.

## Equipment

- pot
- whisk
- strainer
- glass

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQAcI16ETz4/?igsh=d3p2M3Uzcms0NXo4
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/85e722c3-ec2d-464b-8292-553ef174aa99
- Extracted: 2025-12-07

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