Is this Coca Cola's Secret Recipe?

[sixmile]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/coca-cola-secret-recipe-this-american-life_n_823498.html

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'On "This American Life" this weekend, Ira Glass broadcasted what he believes to be the original recipe to "merchandise 7X," the super secret ingredient in Coca-Cola. '

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'The recipe: Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP, Citric acid: 3 oz, Caffeine: 1 oz, Sugar: 30 (unclear quantity), Water: 2.5 gal, Lime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart, Vanilla: 1 oz, Caramel: 1.5 oz or more for color
The secret 7X flavor (use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup):
Alcohol: 8 oz
Orange oil: 20 drops
Lemon oil: 30 drops
Nutmeg oil: 10 drops
Coriander: 5 drops
Neroli: 10 drops
Cinnamon: 10 drops'

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[sakabatou]

1. I wonder if anyone has tested this.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Carbonated furniture polish?

Disfrute!

[GSLevel9]

4. lol... nt

[immoderate]

3. Coke is brown 7-Up

The predominant flavor is lemon.

--imm

[HereSince1628]

8. That's the list of secret ingredients. The other list

of non-secret ingredients includes
Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP
Citric acid: 3 oz
Caffeine: 1 oz
Sugar: 30 (unclear quantity)
Water: 2.5 gal
Lime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart
Vanilla: 1 oz
Caramel: 1.5 oz or more for color

It's certainly a lot of citris.
Neroli is bitter orange.

I don't see a cola nut anywhere!

[Mimosa]

5. I think that's it.

I remember the way Coke tasted when I was a little kid In ATL back in the 50s, especialy the fountain coke at Jacob's drugstore.

[Erose999]

6. Coriander... interesting. I suspected there was some sort of curry spice hiding in there. To me the

dominant flavor is caramel though.

[KittyWampus]

7. Good question. BTW, I love Ira. He does such interesting shows.

[FSogol]

9. Ira Glass is behind Wikileaks?

:shrug:

[BadgerKid]

10. My envelope's back says about 30 cans' worth of sugar.

total recipe ~10.5 L.

1 can of Coke = 0.355 mL having 39 g sugars

10.5/0.355 = 29.6 cans' volumes

*39 g sugars = 1.15 kg sugar = 2.5 lbs.

[11 Bravo]

11. Clarence Thomas thought that it needed a little bit of pubic hair.

[blondeatlast]

12. No. I mustn't say more... nt

[BOG PERSON]

13. the secret ingredient is...

PEE-PEE

[damntexdem]

14. Can't be right unless it includes shit as an ingredient.

I hate Coke, and I boycott its products because of its involvement with the murder of union activists in Colombia.