Comic Strips

There really isn't a favourite, I'd recommend you experiment yourself until you find the sweet spot for you.

Again, use the Cube Cola recipe as a basis for getting the amounts right, and try the various "leaked Coca Cola" recipes that utilise oils to get the right ratios.

For example, the ratios of the Cube Cola recipe are:

• 62 unit orange
• 50 unit lime
• 16 unit lemon
• 12 unit nutmeg
• 7 unit cassia
• 2 unit coriander
• 2 unit lavender
• 2 unit neroli

With unit being 0.01ml.

In contrast the ratios of the Pemberton recipe are:

• 40 unit orange
• 60 unit lemon
• 20 unit cinnamon
• 20 unit nutmeg
• 20 unit neroli
• 10 unit coriander

This will give you almost the same amount of oil (0.154ml vs 0.170ml), but a wildly different flavour result.

Playing with the ratios of the orange-lime-lemon will shift the base cola flavour. I personally found that mixing different orange oils instead of straight up "orange oil" (in my mix I used tangerine, clementine, blood orange, bitter orange, sweet orange, neroli, bergamot) provides a much deeper, richer cola base (think like the difference between a cheap store brand vs Pepsi). This is where you can do most of the experimenting, first try to shift around the internal ratios (e.g. Cube-Cola has it at 130 units total for the citrus oils, so keep it 130 units but feel free to go e.g. 70-46-12 on the orange-lime-lemon, or swap the lemon and lime, etc.), then the orange-to-all ratios can be tuned too (just, again, go in small steps).

Nutmeg, cassia and coriander define how "spicy" the cola tastes. They add a different kind of richness (more of a warmth really), and I can't emphasise just how careful you have to be with these as even just a fraction more can seriously change (mostly ruin) the flavours. Especially cassia. Even in the Cube-Cola recipe I had to reduce it from 0.07ml to 0.025ml for it to not be overpowering - the Pemberton recipe on the other hand emphasises it to the point where it ISN'T overpowering (which is surprising, I know).

Neroli is optional but I found that like my previously mentioned orange base mix, it can add a subtle yet noticeable richness. Just like the spice oils, I recommend caution, move in VERY small increments when you change things.

I'd recommend you use the Cube Cola measures for unit base, as that wastes little to no oil if an experiment turns out bad.