One of the great things
about making soda in this
way is that you can
control the intensity of the
flavor and the relative
sweetness of the resulting
beverage. You can
experiment with flavors
and even use real fruit to
make the syrups. Then
once you have made your
soda, you can make
fabulous soda creations.
There's nothing like an ice
cream float with
homemade fruity soda.
Making syrup for soda is
pretty much making a
simple syrup (sugar and
water) and adding
flavoring. It's very easy.
To use fresh fruit, choose
fruits that are very ripe
and juicy and either put
them through a juicer or
puree them and press
through a strainer. If you
Joy feelings magazine
use canned or bottled
juices, look for juices that
have very high natural
juice content, and a very
low sugar content. Now
you've gotten the idea,
here's the easy way to
make homemade soda.
Basic soda syrup
Makes about 1/2 cup
Ingredients:
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1/2 to 3/4 cup water
1 cup granulated
sugar
1/2 cup fresh fruit
juice or concentrated
fruit juice (the more
concentrated the
juice, the more
intense the final
flavor)
Directions:
1. Combine the
ingredients in a heavy