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; dash coriander; a little bit nutmeg; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 0.5 teaspoon bitters; 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 one cup of coconut sugar to the pot.
3Once the sugar is sticky, add half a cup of water.
4Increase the heat to make it a little hotter.
5Bring the mixture to a simmer.
6Once it starts to simmer, add three small cinnamon sticks.
7Add some lemon skin.
8Add some lime skin.
9Add some orange skin.
10Add a dash of coriander.
11Add a little bit of nutmeg.
12Let it simmer for 5-10 minutes until it gets thick and all the flavors combine.
13After 10 minutes, take it off the heat.
14Strain the mixture into a glass jar.
15Add one teaspoon of vanilla to the strained syrup.
16Add half a teaspoon of bitters to the syrup.
17Let the syrup cool for about 30 minutes.
18To serve, add ice to a glass.
19Pour one part of the cooled syrup into the glass.
20Add three parts sparkling water to the glass.
21Stir it up and enjoy.

Ingredients

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

Equipment

potspoonglass jarstrainermeasuring spoons

Tips

Letting the syrup simmer for 5-10 minutes allows all the flavors to combine and thicken.
Cool the syrup for 30 minutes before mixing with sparkling water.
Use a 1 part syrup to 3 parts sparkling water ratio for the best taste.
This homemade version tastes better than Pepsi.
This recipe does not contain phosphoric acids or corn syrups like store-bought Coca-Cola.

Homemade Coca-Cola

40m

Serves 1

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Homemade Coca-Cola

instagram.com

40m

Serves 1

Directions

1Place a pot on medium-low heat.
2Add one cup of coconut sugar to the pot.
3Once the sugar is sticky, add half a cup of water.
4Increase the heat to make it a little hotter.
5Bring the mixture to a simmer.
6Once it starts to simmer, add three small cinnamon sticks.
7Add some lemon skin.
8Add some lime skin.
9Add some orange skin.
10Add a dash of coriander.
11Add a little bit of nutmeg.
12Let it simmer for 5-10 minutes until it gets thick and all the flavors combine.
13After 10 minutes, take it off the heat.
14Strain the mixture into a glass jar.
15Add one teaspoon of vanilla to the strained syrup.
16Add half a teaspoon of bitters to the syrup.
17Let the syrup cool for about 30 minutes.
18To serve, add ice to a glass.
19Pour one part of the cooled syrup into the glass.
20Add three parts sparkling water to the glass.
21Stir it up and enjoy.

Ingredients

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

Equipment

potspoonglass jarstrainermeasuring spoons

Tips

Letting the syrup simmer for 5-10 minutes allows all the flavors to combine and thicken.
Cool the syrup for 30 minutes before mixing with sparkling water.
Use a 1 part syrup to 3 parts sparkling water ratio for the best taste.
This homemade version tastes better than Pepsi.
This recipe does not contain phosphoric acids or corn syrups like store-bought Coca-Cola.