In article >,
Elmo > wrote:

> Anyone have an easy recipe for home made carbonated cola (with a similar
> kick as coca cola or pepsi)?
>
> With your help, I've solved the home carbonation problem and now endeavor
> to replace the "cola kick" that is so addictingly pervasive in corporate
> colas.
>
> I've tried carbonated lemon juice but find the visceral kick isn't as
> satisfying as that of a store-bought cola.
>
> In a previous thread, folks mentioned the "caffeine", or "high-fructose
> corn syrup" (aka HFCS) might be the ingredients in the manufactured colas
> which provide that addictively satisfying kick ... hence my endeavor to
> find a home kitchen cola recipe.
>
> As for ingredients, it seems two no brainers are the caffeine powders and
> the HFCS, both of which appear to be mail orderable if not in the local
> stores, however, this open source recipe for homemade cola (licensed under
> the GNU General Public License) doesn't seem to use either:
> http://www.wikihow.com/Make-OpenCola
> * 2.00 mL olive oil
> * 3.50 mL orange oil
> * 1.00 mL lemon oil
> * 1.00 mL nutmeg oil
> * 1.25 ml cassia (cinnamon) oil
> * 0.25 mL coriander oil
> * 0.25 mL neroli oil (similar to petitgrain, bergamot, or bitter orange
> oil)
> * 2.75 mL lime oil
> * 0.25 mL lavender oil
> * 10.0 g food-grade, NOT ART-GRADE gum arabic (thickener)
> * 3.00 mL water
>
> Which is the "essential" ingredient in the above that gives it the
> satisfying cola kick you find in store-bought colas? (Note: Snopes thinks
> it the leaf ... http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/formula.asp )

My guess would be the nutmeg:

<http://www.erowid.org/plants/nutmeg/nutmeg_info3.shtml>

Nutmeg can be used as a psychedelic.

And no, I've never tried it. <g>

I've only ever used it as a a spice in sausage ingredients, or grated
lightly over eggnog.
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