Content

• Ingredients
• Flavor-aromatic base
• Concentrate
• Steps
• Part 1 of 4: Preparing the Flavor Base
• Part 2 of 4: Preparing an acidic powder mixture
• Part 3 of 4: Adding Concentrate
• Part 4 of 4: Making the soda
• Tips
• Warnings

Pepsi and Coca Cola are both incredibly popular drinks. The way of preparation of these drinks of the company - producers keep secret. However, many companies have developed their own unique recipes for making drinks. Below is a recipe for the OpenCola drink. OpenCola is a carbonated soft drink, the recipe for which is freely available. Anyone can make this drink on their own, as well as modify and improve its recipe.

Ingredients

Flavor-aromatic base

• 3.50 ml orange oil
• 1.00 ml lemon oil
• 1.00 ml nutmeg oil
• 1.25 ml cassia oil
• 0.25 ml coriander oil
• 0.25 ml neroli oil (petitgrain oil, bergamot oil, or bitter orange oil)
• 2.75 ml lime oil
• 0.25 ml lavender oil
• 10.0 g edible gum arabic
• 3.00 ml water

Concentrate

• 10 ml flavoring (about 2 tsp) aroma
• 17.5 ml 75% phosphoric acid or citric acid (3.5 tsp)
• 2.28 l of water
• 2.36 kg white sugar (you can use a sweetener)
• 2.5 ml caffeine (optional, but improves taste)
• 30.0 ml colored caramel (optional)

Steps

Part 1 of 4: Preparing the Flavor Base

1. 1 Mix oils together.
2. 2 Add gum arabic and stir.
3. 3 Add water and stir well. For this step, use a whisk or blender to mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
   • A flavor base can be prepared in advance and saved for later use. Place the flavor base in a jar, close the lid tightly and refrigerate or store at room temperature. During storage, oils and water will separate. You will need to stir well before use to make the mixture smooth. Gum arabic can "cement" the mixture (in this case, use a blender).

Part 2 of 4: Preparing an acidic powder mixture

You can make more acidic mixture than indicated in the recipe for future use, or you can prepare the required amount by following the directions in the recipe.In any case, you will need 75% of the total weight of the powder, and 25% of the water.

1. 1 Pour 13 g of acid (powder) into a small glass jar.
2. 2Boil a small amount of water (you can use the microwave, 10-20 ml of water for about a minute)
3. 3Add 4.5 ml hot water to the acid (enough to bring the total weight to 17.5 g). ’’’
4. 4 Stir well until powder is completely dissolved.

Part 3 of 4: Adding Concentrate

1. 1 Mix 10 ml of fragrance (2 tsp.l.) with phosphoric or citric acid.
2. 2 Mix water with sugar and add caffeine if desired.
   • If your flavor base is solid, pour some water into a blender, add the flavor base and acid, and mix well. Then add sugar and water.
     
     
   • If you are using caffeine, make sure it dissolves well before moving on to the next step.
3. 3 Pour the acid and aroma mixture slowly into the sugar and water mixture. If you pour water into acid, then there is a risk of strong splashing splashes. Therefore, pour it the other way around so that the acid sinks to the bottom without splashing.
4. 4 Add colored caramel (optional) and stir. You can use the color according to your taste preference. The color will not affect the taste.

Part 4 of 4: Making the soda

1. 1 Mix 1 part concentrate with 5 parts water. In other words, no matter how much concentrate you use, there should be five times more water.
2. 2 Carbonate your drink. There are several ways to do this: p>
   • Carbonize the drink yourself.
   • Mix the baking soda with the concentrate instead of the water used in the previous step.
   • Use sparkling water.

Tips

• As a rule, it is not easy to find all the ingredients for this drink, the easiest way is to purchase everything you need from an online store. Not all ingredients for OpenCola are available in supermarkets, but sometimes you can find them in specialty stores (look in the baked goods section).
• Typically, this drink is sold in cans. However, the process of preserving the drink is a topic for the next article.

Warnings

• Gum arabic is used in the food industry and in the arts. Make sure you get food grade gum arabic. Otherwise, you are guaranteed poisoning.
• Caffeine can be toxic in high doses. Be careful not to add too much caffeine. Use no more than 100 mg.
• Phosphoric acid can cause burns. If this happens to you, keep the affected area under water for 15 minutes and seek medical attention.
• Lavender oil can cause many dangerous side effects, you do not need to use it.
• Many oils can irritate the skin. Be careful. They can also melt the plastic lining of the refrigerator. Store them in glass containers.