Homemade citrus sodas that 'glow'

with a few simple ingredients in normal kitchen gear you can have a delicious fresh homemade citrus soda that glows well technically it doesn't really emit light but it does have a very vivid color that's totally natural nearly every step of this is something kids can do the only thing a grown-up needs to handle is the boiling syrup here's the base formula I've devised one part sweet citrus that's oranges grapefruits anything you'd consider eating out of hand one part sour citrus lemons limes anything that'd be too tart to eat by itself two parts glowing syrup recipe forthcoming and three parts of club soda or seltzer not sparkling water that's not bubbly enough and not tonic water that's usually sweetened which would throw off the formula plus kids might not like the bitter note of quinine ideally buy your club soda in these little bottles or cans because you need it to be maximally fizzy when you mix your soda a big bottle you open will be flat by the time you use it a second time for my first soda I'm going to do pink grapefruit and lime before we juice them we need to zest them and the best tool for that is a microplane grater but you could use a box grater you're trying to scrape off the intensely flavorful and colorful outer peel while leaving the bitter white pith underneath you can do it kind of haphazardly you don't have to get every single molecule of zest off but if you want to be thorough about it scrape down in one long motion rotate the fruit a little bit scrape down in another long line rotate repeat see if you've left behind any big long strips like that it's easy to go back and get those one long scrape once you're done check it out most of the zest will be stuck on the underside of the grater just tap to get it out one more time one long swipe rotates slightly another long swipe rotate if you use this method you'll find that it still leaves a lot of zest around the very top and very bottom that's easy to go back and get a blast through maybe six of these limes and then I'll do the grapefruit whoops got to take the sticker off for this oils in that zest are just so potent your kitchen will smell amazing at this point citrus is so strong that you can literally use a lemon as a battery that's another great activity to do with kids and once you've powered up you can power down with the sponsor of this video the blackhole battery drainer sick and tired of your full battery it's say goodbye to that our with the black hole battery Draenor officially the world's fastest battery Draenor compatible any battery powered device 100 to zero percent in under 15 seconds power goes in but it won't come out guaranteed and boom now it's gone yeah awesome why would I want this cool now I can't use my phone at all and who brings you the black hole battery drainer which is not a real thing and not actually the sponsor of this video why it's rainshadow legend the actual sponsor of this video seriously even old man raghu sia is sponsored by Rage 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as soon as it boils your sugar is fully dissolved and you can just take it off the heat wait until it is stopped bubbling and then put your zest in if you put in the zest while the syrup is still boiling it'll turn brown gotta wait until the bubbling stops now give this a stir and let that sit and steep off the heat while you juice your citrus you could use by hand but that's especially tough with limes they're kind of hard so I recommend a reamer very cheap and effective tool you'll generally get a cup of juice out of a grapefruit to 40 mils always pick up the rind and give it one more squeeze by hand when you're done there's pockets of stuff in there that the reamer won't reach the little cup under my reamer is full so I've got to pour that out just get any kind of Bowl and put a sieve on top there's still some pulp in that juice strain that through I need a cup of lime juice to match the cup of grapefruit juice and I think six limes will do it but always buy a little extra a wise man once said fruit is a gamble each one is different and limes especially can be very juicy or not very juicy at all always buy extra I think I need a seventh one or a dua lots of pulp always accumulates on the reamer and you can kind of reach in with your fingers and squeeze it to get a fair bit more juice out strain that in with the grapefruit juice and keep that sieve and spatula no need to clean them yet we're gonna pass our glowing syrup through there best thing for this next job is a big Pyrex measuring jug I'm gonna lay my sieve on top and note that the handle is kind of jammed into the counter top there I need both hands on the syrup so I can't be holding the sieve at the same time it's securely positioned over the jug one hand pours in these still hot syrup while the other uses a spatula to get out anything that's clinging to the pan and then to press on the zest in the sieve push out any remaining syrup that's clinging in there all righty this is now too hot and too sugary we'll fix both problems at once by putting in enough ice cubes to give us two total cups of syrup 280 mils how much ice you need will depend on how much water you evaporated when cooking the syrup but just get two total cups stir that around and that is now ready to go beautiful very strongly flavored stuff okay let's mix up our first soda a little ice in the glass if you so desire just eyeball two-parts juice and two-part syrup then at the last second crack open a club soda and pour in 3 parts soda but that's just ballpark you can add things in conservative amounts mix and then taste if it's too sweet add more juice if it's too sour add more syrup not bubbly enough add more club soda you've got enough raw materials for for standard 12 ounce sodas plus some extra for making adjustments okay let's do another one equal parts orange and lemon this time you might think that you just want orange but almost everything orange flavored that you eat or drink has some additional stronger source of acidity you make straight orange with sugar and it's just drab it needs some brightening everything is zested cup of sugar goes in the pan cup of water bring it to a boil and believe it or not a pinch of salt at this point also really improves things like it improves any sweet mass-produced sodas always have some form of sodium like sodium citrate which I keep in the house for emulsifying cheese sauces half a teaspoon not necessary you could just use a pinch of regular salt comes to a boil off the heat wait for the bubbling to stop in goes the zest stir it around get a cup of lemon juice and a cup of orange juice I ended up needing 1/3 orange because fruit is a gamble strain off the juice then time to strain off the syrup squeeze out the last bits then in goes enough ice to give us two cups of syrup and there we go ice in the glass two parts juice two part syrup than three parts club soda nothing like a real orange soda absolutely delicious let's do one more for this one I'm gonna make a half batch just two sodas worth and I'm gonna use straight limes that might sound boring and very tart but I'm gonna address both of those concerns zest up 6 to 8 limes in goes half a cup of sugar and half a cup of water then let's spice this up literally here's a whole black cardamom pod you could put all kinds of spices in to boil in this serum go nuts I'll put it in a little pinch of salt too the quantity of sodium citrate was much greater because sodium citrate isn't nearly as salty as sodium chloride wait for the bubbling to stop and then put in the zest and stir it around juice up those limes looking for a cup of juice total strain it off then strain off the syrup press on the solids in goes enough ice to get one cup total of syrup remember I'm making a half batch ice in the glass two parts juice two part syrup than three parts club soda and because this is maybe a little too tart I'll grab a good ol maraschino cherry along with some of its fire-engine syrup stir taste adjust there should be no guesswork here add things until you like it delicious refreshing and fun for young and old alike give it a shot

Channel: Adam Ragusea

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Length: 8min 8sec (488 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 17 2020