Homemade Cherry Cola Recipe | #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews | |
Prep time: 15 Mins
Cook time: 15 Mins + 1 Hr Cooling
Yields: 2 Cups Of Cherry Juice
Make caffeine free cherry cola at home using natural cherry juice and sparkling water.
- 2 and 1/2 cups Pitted Fresh or Frozen Cherries
- 2 cups Water
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- In a medium pot bring all the ingredients to a boil.
- Turn heat to low and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
- You could mash the cherries with the back of a spoon (or a potato masher) or do what I did. I used an immersion blender to blend the cherry mixture completely.
- Pour into a fine mesh strainer over a container or bowl, pressing the pulp with the back of a spoon until all the liquid is released. If you use an immersion blender, there is not much pulp left.
- Mix equal parts sparkling water/seltzer and the cherry juice. I tried this with both artificially sweetened and unsweetened seltzer and liked both. The sweetened version tastes exactly like Coke/Pepsi and the unsweetened cola tastes more like flavored club soda.
- If you have frozen cherry juice cubes use it instead of regular ice cubes in the cola.
- Mix 1/4 cup of cherry juice, 3/4 cup of milk and 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup until well combined.
- Try to use organic cherries, since it is one among the "dirty dozen" - produce most contaminated with pesticide residues.
- This cherry juice can be stored in refrigerator up to 3 days or freeze 1/4 cup portions in sealed plastic bags. I poured the cherry juice in ice cube trays and froze it. Once it froze I transferred the cherry juice cubes to a plastic bag. This is very easy than simply freezing the juice in a bag. Whenever I need I take a couple of cubes, defrost it and use it.