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Skriven 2007-04-19 23:39:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MANNY ROTHSTEIN
Ärende: Re: Corking Good Tip 2
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     Title: Rose Petal Pop Part 2
Categories: Beverages
  Servings: 9

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You also can use the bail-top beer bottles in which some imported
beers , such as Grolsch and Altenm  are sold. I bottle most of
my soda in these bottles, but continue to fill at least one plastic
bottle per batch so I can gauge the rate of carbonation.

Sanitize your bottles before you fill them by soaking in a solution
of 2 tablespoons unscented chlorine bleach in a gallon of water for
30 minutes. Rinse the bottles or allow them to air dry, then fill.

Never store yeast-carbonated soda at room temperature. The yeast will
continue to produce carbon dioxide, building up so much pressure that
the bottle bursts.

Create Your Own Recipes

Once you get the hang of making soda from scratch, you'll likely want
to venture into creating your own signature recipes.

First, come up with a list of plants you enjoy in herbal teas. Let's
say you love peppermint tea. To end up with about a gallon of
peppermint soda, you'll need a gallon of water, 1 to 2 cups of sugar
and 16 times the plant material you would normally use to make one
cup of tea. If you use a teaspoon of crushed, dried mint to make a
cup of tea, you'll need 16 teaspoons to make a gallon of soda.

If you want to get more complicated, you can substitute juice for
some or all of the water. For every 2 cups of sweet juice you use,
decrease the sugar by 1/4 cup. (Don't decrease the sugar when using
sour juices, such as lemon, lime or unsweetened cranberry.)

Mix all your ingredients and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes if using
leaves or flowers, or 30 to 60 minutes if using roots.

Remove from heat. Strain. Discard plant material.

Mix strained liquid with remaining quarts water.

If necessary, let the brew cool until lukewarm.

Meanwhile, stir yeast with 1/4 cup water, let sit 15 minutes, stir
again and add to brew. Stir.

Let brew sit 10 minutes.

Bottle.

Then drink up and marvel over what the poor folks at those fast-food
places are missing.


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Cheers

YK Jim


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