Thursday, May 24, 2007

HOWTO make OpenCola

Wiki-How has a page up today on making OpenCola, a freely licensed soft-drink. I helped found the company that developed and released the OpenCola drink, and it was developed by Amanda Foubister in our kitchen. It tastes excellent, but it also highlighted for me just how much sugar there is in this stuff -- a lot. When you make cola, you basically end up filling a glass with sugar and then adding just enough water and ancillary ingredients to get it to dissolve.
Flavoring

* 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 * 2.75 ml lime oil * 0.25 ml lavender oil * 10.0 g gum arabic * 3.00 ml water

Link (Thanks, Joe!)