Learning to make your own soda can help you save money and reduce artificial ingredients in soft drinks. Whether it's mixing sweet syrup to reduce carbonated water, or making your own soda from scratch, making soda is a lot easier than you think. With simple ingredients, you can make a sizzling, delicious fizzy drink that will keep your fridge full. See Step 1 below for more information.
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Method 1 of 3: Making Instant Soda Drink
Step 1. Start by making a thick, syrup-based soda
The easiest and quickest way to make your own fizzy drink is to create a thick flavor enhancer and add a little carbonated sparkling water. If you want to build it from scratch, skip the next step and make your own. Making syrup saves you the trouble of using yeast, and it's the same way a classic soda salesman, or a modern soda machine, does. In a saucepan, mix the following ingredients:
- 250 grams of sugar
- about 125 ml of water
- 125 ml of fresh fruit juice or two tablespoons of flavor extract
Step 2. Bring the mixture to a boil in a thick saucepan
Stir vigorously to move the sugar, but be careful not to burn it. The sugar should melt completely and form a thick syrup. Cook the syrup until it boils.
Step 3. Reduce the amount of syrup by half
Reduce the heat and let it simmer slowly until the volume of the mixture is reduced to half. The mixture should appear quite thick and sweet, which is a good thing. The syrup should taste very sweet and thick, making it perfect for reducing cold sparkling water.
Step 4. Store the syrup in a squeeze bottle and refrigerate
Allow the syrup to cool and store in an easily accessible container and refrigerate. This syrup stays in good condition for a few weeks or more.
If you have a water bottle for exercise, then it's a good idea to stock up on syrup. You can divide a spray or two of syrup per glass of soda you want to make and place it right on the refrigerator door
Step 5. Serve with ice and sparkling water
Fill a glass with sparkling water and add a little soda syrup, stirring it all together with a spoon until combined. Taste and add more if necessary or dissolve again with sparkling water. Serve cold and enjoy.
If you have a carbonator, you can make your own sparkling water to shorten the process and handle everything yourself. Although the carbonator is quite expensive, you will be able to make your own sparkling water for free. If you drink a lot of soda, it will quickly save expenses
Method 2 of 3: Making a Basic Soda
Step 1. Gather the necessary materials and equipment
Making your own soda is much easier than you might think. All you need is granulated sugar, a bottle, a flavor enhancer, and a little time. To start creating your own, you will need:
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Bottles in sufficient quantity to hold 3.8 liters of liquid.
Old recycled plastic soda bottles can be used, as long as you clean them properly. Many soda makers prefer plastic bottles because they are less likely to burst when the soda bubbles. On the other hand, glass bottles are more environmentally friendly and will last a long time. Glass beer bottles with lids are great for fizzy drinks, as long as you're watching them as they're carbonated.
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Sweetener.
Using white sugar is usually a good thing, although alternative sweeteners like honey or agave syrup are also effective if you want to cut out refined sugar from the comparison. You'll need 125-250 grams of granulated sugar or an equivalent ratio of an alternative sweetener, depending on how sweet you want your fizzy drink to be.
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Yeast.
Commercial yeasts such as champagne yeast are commonly available at grocery stores, natural food stores, and beer outlets, and are great for making bubbly fizzy drinks. Don't use baker's yeast to make sodas.
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Taste enhancer.
The sky is the limit when it comes to choosing a flavor enhancer for a homemade fizzy drink. Soda extracts and fruit extracts are commonly available at home brew stores, in flavors such as root beer, ginger, and fruit flavours. It's also easy to use whole raw ingredients to make your own favorite flavours. Want to learn how to make a ginger-lemon-honey soda? We have prepared it.
Step 2. Sterilize and wash the bottles
You'll need to let your artificial soda sit in the bottle for at least 24 hours at room temperature, which means you'll need to sterilize and wash it before you start brewing to kill any bacteria that would contaminate the soda.
- If you use a plastic bottle, Soak in a mixture of chlorine bleach and water - 1 teaspoon bleach per 3.8 liters of water - at least 20 minutes. Wash the bottle thoroughly with dish soap and water to remove any traces of bleach, which will kill yeast and spoil the carbonation process. If you don't want to use bleach, you can use a natural alternative, such as Straight-A, which does not contain chlorine.
- If using a glass bottle, You can use the same method for plastic bottles or boil them for at least 5-10 minutes to kill bacteria.
Step 3. Make the flavored syrup
The basic way to make sodas is to make a sweet-tasting liquid, then add the active yeast, and let it sit in the bottle to carbonate. Flavor combinations will vary depending on the type of soda you want to make, but the basic ratio is about 500 ml of sweetener for every 3.8 liters of water you use in soda and 2 tablespoons of extract. This mixture will create a non-carbonated soda.
- If you use extract for flavoring, set it to hot, but not boiling, about 38 or 43 degrees Celsius and dissolve the sugar in the liquid. Add 2 tablespoons of flavoring extract and allow the mixture to cool for a few minutes until the temperature drops.
- If you use raw ingredients for flavoring, Boil 3.8 liters of water in a large saucepan and add sugar, stirring vigorously to dissolve. Let it simmer for a few minutes, stirring constantly, so the flavors set in, then remove from the heat and add the yeast.
Step 4. Add yeast
You've got a basic flavored drink, but now you have to add the bubbles. If the liquid sugar has cooled to 38 degrees Celsius-it should be warm enough to activate the yeast, but not too hot as it will kill the yeast-add about teaspoon of champagne yeast to the mixture and stir vigorously to activate.
- Yeast, depending on age, potency and climate, can be a tricky business. If it's your first time making this drink, you'll end up with a soda that's too carbonated, or one that tastes too bland, depending on how much you use. A to teaspoon of yeast can be just the right amount. However, it is better to mistakenly make a drink that is not sufficiently carbonated, as you can add bubbles after the drink is made.
- A soda that's too carbonated can cause the bottle to explode, which can at least fall apart and be even more dangerous, especially if you're using a glass bottle. For the first brew, plan to make a low-carbon drink and experiment to see which one works best for you.
Step 5. Pour the soda into the bottle
Use a clean funnel to pour the soda directly into the clean bottle after adding the yeast and closing the bottle. Let the bottle sit on the counter at room temperature for at least 24 hours to allow it to fully carbonate, then place it in the refrigerator immediately.
- If you're making soda with raw ingredients, then it may be appropriate to pour the soda through a sieve to remove any hard deposits or flakes that may have remained on the bottom of the pan.
- If the bottle is too warm after being filled and closed, the contents may pop or explode. As soon as the bubbling process is complete at room temperature, place it in the refrigerator to be safe.
Step 6. Taste for the first time outdoors
After letting the soda sit for 24 hours, take the bottle outside and open it. These drinks may fizz uncontrollably, so you can avoid a messy and dirty situation if you are in the yard instead of the kitchen. If you're happy with the carbonation and taste, put the bottle in the fridge and enjoy a fizzy drink next week. After five days in the refrigerator, these drinks tend to lose their carbonation and become tasteless.
If the soda doesn't bubble as much as you'd like, you can leave it on the counter for a day or two to increase the carbonation. If that doesn't work, you can also add a pinch of carbonation to each bottle, if you like, to try again. Or enjoy a slightly bland fizzy drink and make another fizzy drink
Method 3 of 3: Learning the Classic Soda Recipe
Step 1. Try making a classic root beer. Because sarsaparilla bark was banned by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) some time ago, commercial root beer drinks are made from root beer extract (from the Sassafras albidum tree). This extract is generally available at home brewing stores for IDR 30,000, 00-50,000, 00, enough to make several servings of homemade root beer. These materials will save you money in the long run. Zatarain's is a common and inexpensive brand that is widely available, but experiment with different types to find a brand that you like best.
- Add two tablespoons of root beer extract after boiling the sweetener and water, before adding the yeast. Try using brown sugar instead of white sugar as an added sugar syrup for the final drink.
- Try other plant roots for a unique simple soda drink. Licorice root extract is also available which tastes delicious and surprising, especially when mixed with a little lemon zest.
Step 2. Make a fruity drink from fruit juice or extract
Oranges, grapes, lemon-lime, strawberries, even lemon-papaya: Fruity sodas are a popular choice. Adding a few tablespoons of any fruit extract you find will make for a delicious fruity summer soda.
- Instead of using extracts, make a basic fizzy drink with grape juice instead of water to make an authentic sparkling wine. This is a far cry from the fake tasting wines that are available in stores.
- If you want to make a citrus-based soda, soak the orange, lemon, or lime zest in the sugar-water mixture for a few hours before straining it and adding the active yeast. You will get a very strong taste from the skin of this fruit.
- Consider adding a few drops of food coloring if you want the taste to match the appearance.
Step 3. Try cracking the Coca-Cola code
The flavors of Coca-Cola are almost impossible to identify and imitate-you can't be the number one seller of soda for no reason. With the right combination of food-safe essential oils added to a basic soda mix, you can approach Coca-Cola's most famous classic taste. Experiment with different combinations to get the flavors as close as possible, but make combinations with an equal number of these surprising flavors:
- Orange
- lime
- lemon
- nutmeg
- coriander
- lavender
Step 4. Make a sweet ginger ale
This is a classic, simple, cool, soothing and refreshing drink. Making ginger ale from raw ginger and sweetened with honey will beat the commercial fizzy drinks on the market, making it perfect for mixing with cocktails or drinks with ice. To make your own ginger ale:
