Homemade Cola Recipes

HOMEMADE COLA

Steps:

• Stir the water, lemon zest, lime zest, orange zest, cinnamon sticks, dried orange peel, whole coriander seed, nutmeg, and green bean coffee powder (if using) in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Stir in the sugar and bring to a boil.
• Continue stirring until the sugar dissolves. (The spices will not dissolve)
• Remove syrup from the heat.
• Add the lemon juice, lime juice, orange juice, browning sauce, and pure vanilla extract to the saucepan mixture and stir.
• Let mixture cool, then use a fine mesh strainer and strain syrup into a mason jar or other sealable bottle for storage.
• To make one cola drink: Combine 1/2 cup of the cola syrup with 1 1/2 to 2 cups of seltzer water (pour slow as the mix will fizz, just as regular soda).
• Add ice, if desired, and serve.

FANCY ITALIAN COLA

Steps:

• In a rocks glass filled with ice, combine the amaro and ginger ale. Squeeze in the lime cheek and add the whole thing to the cocktail. Give the drink a stir and serve.

PINA COLADA

Steps:

• Put the ice, frozen pineapple, juice, coconut cream, and the white and dark rums into a blender. Blend until smooth and frosty. Pour the drink into 2 glasses and garnish the rim with pineapple slices.

KOOK-A-COLA

Steps:

• To make the coca extract, moisten coca leaf powder with 3 ounces of grain alcohol. Then pack the wet leaves into a percolator and add more diluted alcohol until the leaves are fully saturated and slightly covered by alcohol. When the extract begins to drip from the percolator, stop up the hole, cover the percolator tightly and allow to macerate for 2 days. Then continue the percolation, adding more alcohol until you have 8 ounces of extract.
• To make the flavoring, combine drops of orange oil, lemon oil, nutmeg oil, coriander oil, neroli oil, and cinnamon oil with 1/2 cup of grain alcohol.
• To make the syrup, mix together water, sugar, caramel, and 1/8 ounce (or 3/4 tablespoon) of coca extract. Stir in vanilla extract, caffeine, lime juice, and citric acid. Combine 1/4 ounce flavoring with the entire amount of syrup.
• To prepare Kook-a-Cola, combine 1 part flavored syrup to 5 parts carbonated water.

COKE A COLA BREAD

Steps:

• Mix soda with pancake mix just till wet. Do not over mix. Dough will be very lumpy and thick.
• Grease a bundt pan add mix bake at 4OO degrees for 45-60 minute.
• Let cool at least a little bit to make it easier to cut.

COLA SYRUP

Steps:

• In a heavy pot over medium heat, bring 2 cups water to a simmer with the zests, cinnamon, nutmeg, star anise, lavender, ginger, vanilla and citric acid. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer gently for 20 minutes.
• In a food processor, whirl the sugars together for one minute (this will help them dissolve), then transfer to a large bowl. If using caramel color, sprinkle it over the sugar.
• Line a sieve or colander with a double thickness of cheesecloth and place over the bowl. Pour the contents of the pot through the sieve. Carefully gather up the corners of the cheesecloth and twist the top to close. Use a spoon to press the bundle against the sieve, squeezing out all the flavorful liquid.
• Stir the syrup and let cool, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves, about 15 minutes. Transfer to containers and keep refrigerated. To make a soda, pour 1/4 cup syrup over ice and add 1 cup seltzer. Stir.