Making sodapop
My housemate and handyman, Dennis, has an
abhorrence for all things corn syrup. He also loves sodapop. Since carbonated
beverages nowadays are crammed with corn syrup, he makes his
own.He's got a big cannister of CO2,
which he uses to pump water full of bubbles, making super cheap soda
water . He buys flavor concentrates , mixes them with sugar
water to make flavored syrup, and mixes the syrup with soda water to run his own
soda fountain.At first he stuck with
conventional flavors, like Dr. Pepper or Black Cherry, but we started
experimenting more and more. Our flavor palette now runs some 50 flavors, from
Banana Cream Pie to Pistachio to Black Licorice to Boysenberry to Cotton Candy
to... I don't know. Crazy stuff.For
the Spring Equinox Three Meadows Open House (March 19, 2-6 PM, you're invited),
we'll have all these flavors available for making old-fashioned sodas,
milkshakes, or elaborate alcoholic drinks. Mix your
own!We need to build a huge rack for
all these flavor bottles.
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