It's definitely on fire. That is on fire.
We've done it! The secret is out!
Hi, I'm Josh.
I'm Ollie.
And today we're going to be making the original 1886 recipe of coca-cola.
What is going on?!
You've got flipping syringes on the table!
Coke was developed not by a drinks company originally,
but by a pharmacist.
He was addicted to heroin after getting stabbed by a saber during the civil war.
He started making up like remedies to try and like help him.
His most popular drink prior to coca-cola was wine, caffeine and cocaine.
But then they banned alcohol, not cocaine, alcohol,
so he couldn't make that anymore.
Wait, so the whole like the original recipe for coke
used to contain cocaine urban myth thing...
100% true!
My mind has just been blown!
And I am also greatly indebted to an amazing Youtube channel, Glen And Friends Cooking.
I mean if you want detail and professionalism, which is not what you're getting today,
Go and watch Glen And Friends Cooking.
What the heck is this?!
95% volume?!
That is the strongest alcohol you can buy in the UK.
That's 95% alcohol!
Yeah, actually when I bought that there was a warning.
It was like,
Don't drink this. It's for mixing.
I was actually thinking we could test the alcohol content.
Pour a little bit on there.
Is it going to straight up burn? It's a liquid!
Ollie : That's definitely on fire. Josh : That is on fire. That is
immediately on fire.
Ollie : It's dripping! It's dripping down!
Ollie : It's dripping! It's dripping down! Josh : Oh my gosh!
Ollie, we're gonna flipping start a fire...
Josh : Do you have something
in place to stop the fire? Ollie : You put too much on!
Why did you still light it?!
Okay.
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Okay, so the first stage of making coke, we have to make the flavouring concoction.
And that has the hilariously clandestine name,
Merchandise 7X.
Okay, that's what the flavouring is called.
I need you to measure out 8 fluid ounces.
This is not what I thought I'd be doing when I woke up in the morning.
Which is that number there.
Of alcohol.
That's quite a lot!
Oh my gosh, that's a lot!
There's a bunch of essential oils. The first thing, we need 1ml of orange oil.
These are insanely expensive...
Oh, come on! Why!
It's essential oil!
Or as I like to call them when Lizzie buys candles,
Non-essential oils.
Stop!! Alright.
We need 1 ml.
Don't screw this up. This was insanely expensive...
Josh : All in, yeah? Ollie : Yeah, all in.
Next up 1.5 mil of lemon oil.
Oh wow! That smells really strongly of lemon!
Nutmeg.
0.25 ml of coriander oil.
0.25?!
Flipping heck!
The next is by far the most expensive ingredient I have ever purchased.
You've ever purchased?!
You've bought some insane things on this channel!
This is 1ml of neroli oil. 1ml.
Neroli?
Neroli oil.
So this was 25 pounds for 1ml.
0.5 of a ml of neroli oil.
Gosh, it really does feel like we're making some kind of potion!
Smell that.
Cinnamon oil is the last one.
0.5 of a mil.
This is a lot of effort!
Just so we don't lose track,
Merchandise 7X, complete.
What the heck are we doing now?!
I need you to go and get 1.18 litres of water.
Josh : So is that the flavour? That's coke flavour?
Ollie : That's coke flavouring.
Is it dangerous to just drink straight that?
It's extremely dangerous to drink.
Josh : So we shouldn't just try it. Ollie : We are going to take
the smallest bit of that.
Why did we make that much of it then?!
Because you can't reasonably measure less than 0.25 of a mil!
Right! So could that... that could make like what, like 100 litres of coke or something?
Yeah, probably.
What?!
This is freaking mental man!
We're coming for you Coca-Cola.
Not in a legal sense...
Or in any meaningful sense that you should take seriously.
I worked out how much Merchandise 7X you use per litre of coke.
Josh : Oh, okay! Ollie : Have a guess.
Half of that?
1.5 ml.
That's like 300 millilitres! We can make like 300, maybe 400 litres!
Probably!
My gosh!
Coke is famous for having sugar.
Josh : A lot of sugar. Ollie : There's actually more sugar than water.
What?!
More than a kilogram of sugar?!
Significantly more than a kilogram of sugar.
So this is basically sugar water mixed with a tiny amount of poison?
Yes.
We now need to dissolve this so turn this on.
Just stir it. This should take about 5 minutes.
I'm just interested to know whether it's possible, you know?
And is it gonna taste anything like coke?
Yeah, I mean coke is one of those things that we consume so much of,
you become quite sensitive to the taste.
Exactly!
You give someone a diet coke, a coke and a coke zero,
They'll probably be able to identify it!
Wow, that would have been a lot simpler of an episode!
Yeah!
Let me have a mix.
I think it's done! It's done. Read off how much caramel we need.
5.5 milliliters of caramel.
Oh wow, look at that! Colour has completely changed!
The next is vanilla I think.
Well, Fe coca?
Okay that's the cocaine.
Oh, okay!
That we're not gonna be using.
Okay, probably for the best.
Vanilla, 3.75 millilitres.
Okay.
This is really really in-depth!
It's a flavour that we sort of take for granted now,
oh it tastes like coke. Turns out that a coke flavouring is just entirely synthetic!
Josh : It's the most unnatural thing ever! Ollie : Quick! Next one!
Very complicated... Caffeine 3.75 millilitres.
Yes!
You have pure caffeine?!
I couldn't find any.
So you're just gonna put Pro Plus tablets in it?!
Josh : Crush it up to make it easier to
dissolve I guess. Ollie : Yeah.
You know the original recipe had five times the caffeine than the current recipe has.
What?!
He must have just been buzzing whenever he had a coke!
Lime juice, this goes in here.
Quite a lot of lime! Oh my gosh! Wow!
The final thing...
Is this actually the last thing?
Feels like we're a far cry from coke at this point.
10 grams of citric acid.
Stick it in!
I'm so confused!
Ollie : Right. So now... Josh : What is happening?! Yeah.
Wait, h. w much coke do you want to make?
Wait, we've got one litre of liquid here. Surely that makes a litre of coke?
No, it doesn't. Because it's five parts water...
One part...
Josh : This? Ollie : This.
Josh : So this can make like five litres? Ollie : That can make five litres.
Let's make a liter of that.
Okay, a litre. You want a litre in there.
This is the moment of truth!
I'm just gonna pour until you tell me when.
Alright.
You're good at pouring this!
Keep going...
STOP!
Flipping... I almost chucked it all over you! Wow!
It is exactly a litre though! It worked!
Right, 1.5 ml...
Josh : Yeah. Ollie : ...of 7X formula.
I have unwittingly become a part of a science channel!
Okay, I just want to confirm that for you, that is one mil.
Josh : Yes. Ollie : Please say it.
Josh : It's one mil. Ollie : Thank you.
So that goes into that and then we mix that with water?
Yeah. I would say it's not as brown as I was hoping.
Ollie : And definitely... Josh : What, that's the final colour?!
That's the final color but we could...
Josh : Are you joking?! Ollie : Some of the
recipes say you can add caramel to colour.
Ollie : So we need to do... Josh : What is going on...
Ollie : One part this, five parts water. Josh : Okay.
Ready?
I don't know!
100 millilitres...
Oh wow!
Okay!
It's got such a unique texture to it!
So interesting!
Stop!
Why is it clear?!
Oh my gosh!
Why are you so bad at pouring?!
It's going everywhere!
What is...
What the heck, Ollie!
This apparently... it looks nothing like coke!
Cheers!
It looks like straight vinegar!
This is supposed to taste like coke?
Wow!
That is not bad!
That tastes like coke!
That...
Josh : ...Is not bad. Ollie : Holy crap!
Honestly I'm kind of sweating a little bit. I just had like a...
I just thought there was a complete fail!
It's coke with a slight extra little flavour to it.
That does taste like a cola.
Oh, 100%. It tastes...
Exactly like cola. I mean...
Like if you had that blindfolded, you wouldn't say it was coke,
but you would probably say it's like an imitation coke, right?
I think it tastes like one of those gourmet kind of...
you know those indie cokes?
It tastes like a fancy coke.
Let's compare it.
A lot more fizzy... and A LOT darker.
Wow, that is quite shocking!
What what on earth gives it that colour?!
I thought we used everything from the recipe!
Holy crap!
I thought at this stage, it doesn't taste
anything similar. Now try that.
Wait...
It tastes identical!
Josh : What...?!?! Ollie : I'm honestly
not making this up. It literally tastes identical.
I couldn't even tell them apart in a blind test!
Ollie : It's... honestly, this is just insane. Josh : Genuinely!
It's so similar. It is like honestly, so similar.
Wow, that's shocking!
By itself, I was like oh yeah, it's a cola flavour.
We've done it!
The secrets out!
Are you impressed?
I'm amazed!
Original taste since 1886.
Mate, original taste since 1886, I believe you will find right here!
And it's only like...
A 100 times more expensive!
What do you mean?!
That... I mean that cost like 150 quid right there!
What?!
That's how much all of these ingredients cost to make this?
That is 100% not worth it!
Obviously not!
I thought that was a given! But yeah, how many cans?
Josh : Okay, that is that is a good point! Ollie : This, 1.5ml per litre,
And there's like what, like 300ml?
Okay!
We can make like 250 litres with that!
We can make a lot of something that looks nothing like coke
but it tastes amazingly similar to coke.
Well played! You cracked the code!
I did!
Well played!
Well, this has been... an enlightening experience!
Well done, Ollie!
Cheers! Thanks, man!
See you JOLLY soon!
We'll see you JOLLY soon guys!
I'm Deborah from California,
And I work in a speech and physical therapy clinic.
My reason to be jolly is,
I get to play for 10 hours a day!