Coke is actually not for children. But if you make cola herb syrup, you can conjure up a delicious cola for children.
Cola and other lemonades and soft drinks are rightly among the drinks that many parents and medical professionals regard as unhe althy fattening and tooth-killers. You can now buy some organic lemonades and mixed herbal drinks in the supermarkets, but if you prefer to mix delicious cola-flavoured drinks yourself, then the cola herb is really a good alternative. You can use this herb to make a delicious syrup that has many uses in the kitchen.
The shoots and the narrow young leaves of the cola herb bush, also known as camphor southernwood, not only smell of cola, they also taste like it.
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Important: Since southernwood has an antispasmodic effect, pregnant women should not eat it to avoid premature labour.
Instructions for making Kindercola
If you want to make cola herb syrup for yourself and your family and then serve homemade lemonade with lots of flavor and little sugar, you only need a few ingredients and a bit of skill. For approx. 1 liter Cola-Herb Syrup you need:
• 5 teaspoons shoot tips and young leaves of cola herb
• 1 - 2 organic lemons (according to taste)
• 500 g sugar
• 1 liter of water
Step 1:
Slice the lemon and place in a large heatproof bowl with the chopped shoot tips/cola herb leaves.
Step 2:
Put the water and sugar in a saucepan, stir well and bring to a boil. Then pour the sugar water over the lemons and sauerkraut, cover the bowl with a lid and refrigerate for 3 days.
Step 3:
Then filter the liquid through a clean cloth, bring to the boil again and immediately fill into thoroughly clean bottles that have been rinsed out with hot water and seal.
Step 4:
Then just mix the delicious syrup with ice-cold mineral water andyou can enjoy your homemade cola.