Herbal Energy Drink
An energy drink is a heavily caffeinated soft drink. This recipe contains a lot of caffeine, citrus, and herbs. This recipe originates from Flavorlab.
Total
25:00
Yield
>4 ounces (120 ml) syrup
Ingredients
- 1 ea. lemon, zest removed
- 2 ea. oranges, zest removed
- ½ cup (120 ml) white sugar
- 1 cup (240 ml) water
- ½ ea. lemon, juiced
- ⅛ oz (3.75 g) licorice root
- ¼ oz (7.5 g) ginger
- ½ oz (15 g) ginseng
- 30 mg caffeine (optional) (optional)
- 15 drops liquid B vitamin complex (optional) (optional)
- 2 g taurine (optional) (optional)
- Carbonated water, as needed
- Total:
- 25:00
- Yield:
- >4 ounces (120 ml) syrup
Instructions
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1Combine the lemon and orange zests with the sugar, rubbing the sugar into the peels to extract the oils. Let this mixture rest in the fridge for 24 hours to infuse.
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2Bring the water to a boil, then stir in the sugar-zest mixture, lemon juice, licorice root, ginger, and ginseng. Boil until you get a thick syrup.
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3Strain the syrup and discard the solids. This should yield approximately 5 oz (150 ml) syrup.
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4Mix the caffeine, B vitamin complex, and taurine into the syrup.
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5To make the final energy drink, mix 1 volume of syrup with 5 volumes of carbonated water.
- Category
- Beverages
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 30, 2026