How Do You Make Opencola?
While Pepsi and Coca-Cola (and others) closely guard their secrets to making cola beverages, several organizations have released their own recipes. Below is the recipe for homemade “OpenCola,” an open-source cola beverage that invites makers to create and modify their recipe to achieve a better beverage. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License. • Mix the oils together. • Add gum arabic and mix completely. • Add water and mix well. For this step, use a hand mixer or blender to thoroughly mix together. The flavoring can be made in advance and stored for use later. Place in a sealed glass jar and place in the refrigerator or keep at room temperature. When stored, the oils and water will separate. Just mix again before use. When used, the gum arabic will keep things together. • Mix 5 mL of flavoring with the phosphoric or citric acid. • Mix the water and sugar and, while mixing, add caffeine if desired. • Make sure that the caffeine is completely dissolved before moving on to t
