Drink

Cola IV

Serves 5 · 30 minutes

Cola is a type of soda that flavored with citrus and spices. The word "cola" derives from kola nuts, a plant originating in West Africa and originally used as a source of caffeine to make this soda. Most modern recipes do not contain kola nuts. This recipe is derived from a LabCoatz video where he tries to replicate modern Coca-Cola through mass spectrometry. Note that consuming high levels of caffeine can be very dangerous. If you are scaling the recipe up or down, make sure you scale the caffeine accordingly so that the per-serving caffeine amount stays the same or is lower. Absolutely do no

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Ingredients

1 drop coriander oil
1 drop fenchol (optional, hard to find)
2 drops orange oil
4 drops nutmeg oil
7 drops cassia oil
12 drops tea tree oil (optional, read important warning below)
61 drops lime oil
76 drops lemon oil
50 ml 150+ proof unflavored spirit or a mixture of 25 ml water with 25 ml gum arabic
0.08 g wine tannins
0.0965 g caffeine (optional)
0.1 ml or 2 drops vanilla extract
0.1 ml or 2 drops 5% vinegar
0.45 ml or 9 drops 85% phosphoric acid
1.75 g glycerin
3.2 ml or 64 drops caramel color
10 ml water
½ cup (120 ml) white sugar
½ cup (120 ml) water
Carbonated water, as needed

Method

Mix the oils in flavor solution A in a container.
Transfer 1 ml of flavor solution A into another container and dilute it with the spirit or gum arabic water.
Mix flavor solution B in a third container.
Combine ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) of the finished flavor solution A, all of flavor solution B, the white sugar, and the water to make the syrup.
To make the finished soda, combine 1 volume of syrup with 3 volumes of carbonated water.