Once you find out it contains peppermint oil you always notice it.
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I bought some cola flavored candy and cola popsicles recently. Both had a hint of mint or eucaliptus or something fresh and penetrating like that.. I wondered if that was part of the cola ingredient or if it was added.
There's no peppermint oil in the recipe he presents...?
Well I’ll be.
I'm very interested.
Pretty freaking cool work.
I don't like coca cola nearly enough to actually make this though.
I would do it if the ingredients would be cheaper.
It isn't expensive per bottle (he mixes 100ml of flavouring that is good for 5000l) but the available quantities are just too big of an purchase and I don't know how else I could use it for.
I think I tried something with the essential oils and food and because I needed only few drops the rest of the bottle still sits unused somewhere.
You make a good point. What would perhaps be interesting if we had a reliable supplier of a premixed concentrate, but with known ingredients of course. Then you order however much you need. In my country, problem is nothing other than just straight coke or coke zero is available. No green cola, no known healthier choice as far as I'm aware either. So this is an opportunity to democratize coke somewhat. Though, essential oils are also a problem to get, I can at least get them once and make a 5000 litre batch to last me a long time. And I'm primarily interested in sugar-free alternatives, say stevia or other kind of sugar fee sweetener. I already have corny kegs and beer equipment, so I figure it's a good fit for me and others with similar equipment.
With sugar free alternatives is bit of an problem with taste - steviol is bitter for example. It usually needs to have some combination of 2 or more artificial sweeteners and they can affect the taste. So you will probably need more experimentation with the recipe.
I can get most of the essential oils from local supplier that sells it even to normal people and you don't need a business. I think they can ship EU wide and the smallest quantity is 30ml. https://fichema.cz/
The Premium Cola Collective reverse engineered Afri Cola years ago after Afri changed their recipe which made their cola worse. Premium is selling their cola for nearly twenty years now in German speaking countries.
Now do pepsi max
Or Dr. Pepper