{"id":891,"slug":"cola-iv","title":"Cola IV","description":"Cola is a type of soda that flavored with citrus and spices. The word \"cola\" derives from kola nuts, a plant originating in West Africa and originally used as a source of caffeine to make this soda. Most modern recipes do not contain kola nuts.","ingredients_raw":["1 drop coriander oil","1 drop fenchol (optional, hard to find)","2 drops orange oil","4 drops nutmeg oil","7 drops cassia oil","12 drops tea tree oil (optional, read important warning below)","61 drops lime oil","76 drops lemon oil","50 ml 150+ proof unflavored spirit or a mixture of 25 ml water with 25 ml gum arabic","0.08 g wine tannins","0.0965 g caffeine (optional)","0.1 ml or 2 drops vanilla extract","0.1 ml or 2 drops 5% vinegar","0.45 ml or 9 drops 85% phosphoric acid","1.75 g glycerin","3.2 ml or 64 drops caramel color","10 ml water","½ cup (120 ml) white sugar","½ cup (120 ml) water","Carbonated water, as needed"],"ingredients_norm":["coriander oil","fenchol","orange oil","nutmeg oil","cassia oil","tea tree oil","lime oil","lemon oil","+ proof unflavored spirit or mixture of ml water with ml gum arabic","wine tannin","caffeine","vanilla extract","vinegar","phosphoric acid","glycerin","caramel color","water","white sugar","carbonated water"],"steps":["Mix the oils in flavor solution A in a container.","Transfer 1 ml of flavor solution A into another container and dilute it with the spirit or gum arabic water.","Mix flavor solution B in a third container.","Combine ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) of the finished flavor solution A, all of flavor solution B, the white sugar, and the water to make the syrup.","To make the finished soda, combine 1 volume of syrup with 3 volumes of carbonated water."],"categories":["Beverages","Duplicate recipes","Recipes for soda pop","Recipes using caffeine","Recipes using carbonated water","Recipes using cinnamon","Recipes using coriander","Recipes using glycerin","Recipes using gum arabic","Recipes using lemon","Recipes using lime juice","Recipes using neroli","Recipes using nutmeg","Recipes using phosphoric acid","Recipes using orange","Recipes using vanilla","Recipes using vinegar","Recipes using white sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":"5","yield_text":">8 ounces (251 ml) syrup","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Cola_IV","source_ref":"4636396","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Cola_IV&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"a0856813b8090e1befae33dbd77efe84a3c7abeceab6b0b28ac9c9fd04d3ef27","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:59Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/cola-iv"}