DIY Homemade Soft Drinks: Creating Sugar-Free Cola, Orange Soda, and Almond Soda
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Summary
The article documents the author's journey of creating homemade soft drinks, including sugar-free, caffeine-free cola, orange soda, and almond soda. It provides detailed DIY recipes and instructions for making flavor emulsions from essential oils, with a focus on the cola recipe as the primary example. The content includes a 'log book' style narrative of first attempts, pictures, and links to recipes on GitHub, inspired by open-source projects like Open Cola and Cube Cola.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledIn 2020, I started making my own soft drinks, including a sugar-free, caffeine-free cola!
If you're just looking for the current recipes, you can find them on GitHub.
They were inspired by recipes like Open Cola and Cube Cola.
Otherwise, read on for 'log book'-style instructions and pictures of my first attempts.
We start by making a flavor emulsion from essential oils!
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