{"id":841,"slug":"citrus-energy-drink","title":"Citrus Energy Drink","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["½ ea. lemon, zested in strips and juiced","½ ea. lime, zested in strips and juiced","½ ea. orange, zested in strips and juiced","½ cup (120 ml) white sugar","30 mg caffeine (optional)","Carbonated water, as needed"],"ingredients_norm":["ea. lemon zested in strips and juiced","ea. lime zested in strips and juiced","ea. orange zested in strips and juiced","white sugar","caffeine","carbonated water"],"steps":["Combine the citrus zests and sugar, rubbing the sugar into the peels to extract the oils. Let this mixture rest in the fridge for 24 hours to infuse.","Combine the sugar-zest mixture with the citrus juices and caffeine. Stir well to dissolve the sugar and get a syrup.","Strain the syrup—this should yield approximately 5 oz (150 ml) syrup.","To make the finished beverage, mix 1 volume of syrup with 5 volumes of carbonated water."],"categories":["Recipes for beverages","Recipes for soda pop","Recipes using caffeine","Recipes using carbonated water","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using lemon zest","Recipes using lime juice","Recipes using lime zest","Recipes using orange juice","Recipes using orange zest","Recipes using white sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":1500,"servings":"4","yield_text":">4 ounces (120 ml) syrup","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Citrus_Energy_Drink","source_ref":"4601587","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Citrus_Energy_Drink&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"83f46abae0e4af83c5943be8f66afbd8de60ed8e7a33de63c4dbda8decc0a085","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:59Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:59Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/citrus-energy-drink"}