Formulating Your Own Flavours to Make Syrups, Sodas and Beverages

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Getting started in creating your own flavour, whether, for soda, a syrup or a new non-alcoholic spirit can be a bit daunting if you don't know where to start. Luckily, you are in the right place and this video will give you the basics of using essential oils safely when making a flavour.
Formulating a flavour does require a little math, but if math is not your thing I have developed a form that will do the calculations for you. Check out the Patreon link for access to the form.
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*Getting Started Making Soda*
If you are new to making soda, welcome, and you should check out the following videos because they will show you the basics of making soda and will help answer most of your questions.
Using Essential Oils Safely • Know These Details to ...
How to Make a Soda Flavour • How to Make a Flavour ...
How to Make a Flavour Extract • How to Make an Herbal ...
Simple Syrup for Soda • How to Make Simple Syr...
How to Formulate a Flavour • Formulating Your Own F...
Art of Drink www.artofdrink...
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[@matheusheringer]

This is awesome content. I'm in the process of opening a bar in Belém - Brasil, and your videos are opening my mind about so many possibilities on the way we can make things, whatever they are. Thank you. I'm starting the patreon, cheers!

[@braumenheimer9607]

Is it safe to run a bar where you are? I'm in San Francsico and want to run a bar, but lots of businesses have left the area because of street crime.

[@conrad2939]

Hi, Darcy! I just found your channel today and wanted to say that I appreciate the work you're doing! I'm a hobbyist bartender who had wanted to get into more advanced techniques and preparation methods. There isn't a lot of easy to understand, in depth, and accessible content out there about these things. Your presentation is amazing and thorough! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@Artofdrink]

Thank you and glad you enjoy the content. Lots more coming.

[@ujunwaaniakor5420]

​@@Artofdrinkis there a way to send you message,I need step by step training,even if is to pay for it,I will

[@vitocattivo]

10:23 Sorry, Darcy, but this is the most hilarious part of your whole channel. 😂 Every time I refer back to this video this part cracks me up! That disappointed sigh after. Chefs kiss 😂

[@whangathos4135]

hahahahhhahha

[@wrestrel5]

Great to come across your videos. You are quite the master of presentation, the split screen with the interactive calculation sheet embedded in the instructions is impressive. I created a few excel files over the years designed to help my students do quick tincture calculations, percolation calculations and a variety of pearson square calculations for mixing blending dilution scenarios. It was quite the challenge to present it in a live class.

[@sulphurgamerz8488]

Loved this content I hope you would clear my future doughts regarding Beverage making

[@whangathos4135]

Thank you very much for your efforts, im a bartender for like 13 years, I could really learn something here

[@georgejumaa9672]

Just came across your content randomly and I appreciate your input. Perhaps could you please recommend for me a book detailing the commercial process of essential oils manufacturing? I would be grateful.

[@kentdirckx3012]

This is awesome! Thank you for your hard work!

[@kevinbort4249]

Hey there! I love your content, it's funny how this channel has EVERYTHING you need to know about soda formulations. Thanks a lot! Btw, what kind of board are you using???

[@jamesfino7962]

I was an organic chemist for 45 years. I miss the lab...this helps.

[@Artofdrink]

I originally wanted to be an organic chemist but ended up doing mostly analytical chemisty. Glad you enjoy the content. Cheers

[@richardtanyamusgrove3682]

Hi Darcy, I wonder if you’ve ever considered doing a video on preserving home made syrups? As a home bartender I’m keen to make my own syrups - I find that to be made properly you need to make at least 500ml but that because they are used relatively infrequently and then consumed in small amounts, most of it goes off before it gets used. Kevin Liu’s book ‘Craft Cocktails at Home’ p83-90 gives some advice incl use of things like potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate - but it strikes me that this kind of thing is your territory - I’d be most interested to hear your advice on this. Cheers, Richard Musgrove, Perth, Australia.

[@Artofdrink]

I do have a plan to do this, I have already bought the ingredients. But, those videos are a bit more complex so I have to script them better so the information is clear and useful. Plus they are never really popular, though helpful to the few people that need that info, like the video on flavour formulation. So, I need to put out a few general videos in between the technical ones. So maybe in a month or two.

[@richardtanyamusgrove3682]

@@Artofdrink thanks - looking forward to that one. Cheers.

[@digitthecatx19]

I have seen from some sources that syrups hold better with high proof alcohol in it. So for example a 150ml bottle of 3:2 syrup add 2oz of 90proof or higher and it will hold refrigerated longer. I have made a bottle of 3:2 simple syrup for experimentation at the beginning of 2020, have kept it since and have used about half over the course of the original year. Mind you I sterilized the bottle first. Then let the rest sit, I've come back to it a couple of times since, its still perfectly held togther. Nothing so far has grown in it, and even under a microscope I haven't been able to pick anything up thus far. But I think I'm starting to push it because I can tell the syrup has started to considerably yellow over the last 6 months. Its still very clear, and its still a very light yellow color. There is no imparted taste what so ever, but I am highly weary at even tasting it at this point. Hopefully I can see how long this syrup will last on its own. So for what its worth I'm not sure what this information presents but I do hope it helps in some way.

[@conrad2939]

@@digitthecatx19 hey there, just putting in my .02! Ethanol is only a good preservative in concentrations much higher than 2 oz in 190 ml. The bottle sterilization and refrigeration are doing the work as far as keeping your syrup free of contamination is concerned. The yellowing you're seeing may be oxidation. Every time you use the syrup it is exposed to fresh air and could be reacting with the ingredients in your syrup, changing the color and altering the flavors in it. I wish I had some advice to offer on proper preservation but I'm trying to figure that out myself lol

[@RebiLevi]

May God bless you sir, I just subscribe

[@MartinDoudoroffLLC]

Very cool stuff!

[@PrismaScientific]

Awesome

[@jrhattenstein]

What is added to say a Dr Pepper that gives that spicy burn. Sometimes coke or now starry has this

[@o.a-b7212]

could be raw cinnamon, some cinnamon can be quite stingy when eaten raw (think a spoonful on your tongue would sting)

[@exohumer3486]

Highly appreciated ! I am triing to develope my own sirup for making Sprite / 7-Up. Instead of using Citrus & Lime oil and make a essence, could I not take some lemons and lime peals and make a tincture and make a sirup out of tinctures. When I look at Amazon here in germany I cant find any oils that are for food processing. All tell it is only for difusors etc. What ratios would you recomend using tinctures, if et all possible to estimate?

[@shubhamrajput1447]

Sir...how to covert mocktails mojito's into Soft Carbonated drink for launching in the market.?

[@toungewithgills1]

Have you thought of authoring a book? Your teaching is great.

[@Artofdrink]

Thanks. And I wrote a book on this topic already: www.amazon.com/Fix-Pumps-Darcy-S-ONeil/dp/0981175910/

[@maghteridon5555]

So let's say I wanna make a cassia cinnamon syrup from the oil and I wanna stick to the numbers in the FEMA list, which is 3 ppm. I'm using the numbers that you've used in the example. So I gotta use 3 g of the oil (calculations below). It seems to be a pretty small number. I'm really curious if I'd feel any cinnamon flavour in the drink. Essence: I'm adding 3 g of the oil to 1 L of solvent. That gives me 3000 ppm. Syrup: I'm adding 20 ml of the essence to 2 L of the syrup. That gives me 30 ppm Drink: I'm adding 25 ml of syrup to the 250 ml of water. That gives me 3 ppm.

[@Artofdrink]

Give it a try and find out.

[@donbert]

Nice light board. I’m thinking about building one too but might just be lazy and use an iPad and an OBS layer.

[@Artofdrink]

Thanks Don, they are super handy for videos. Important tip, make sure the glass company checks the glass for flaws, ask them to put a light on the edge before they sell/ship. Also ask them to polish it. Mine had a few flaws, but I buffed most of them out, though polishing glass with an orbital sander and cerium oxide seems better left to the professionals. Also, a 16:9 ratio is better for the camera, I got the glass a bit taller, but I can put notes in that space that the camera doesn't see.

[@user-yh5cs5zu9p]

Will you please make a video on Artificial Kiwi flavour Formulation.

[@ChloebMayyz]

Hi Darcy, I’m trying to flavour a liquid product, think Chocolate, Strawberry, vanilla style products However the samples I got from the food technologist are not smooth, this is my first time doing this. Are there any suggestions? I want smooth, ice creamy style flavours, this is my first set of samples so I know I have a long way to go but I just feel so lost in terms of what to ask for. Any help would be highly appreciated Thanks

[@mooniebo2752]

I don't drink alcohol I want to use an essential oil I can add to cranberry blackberry black grape juice that mimics wine taste? are there any essential oils I can add to mocktails?

[@teneewebb5601]

Hello, I just found your channel today and have been enthralled ever since! I was wondering though, instead of adding the essence to simple syrup, could it mixed with honey or agave nectar? Thanks again for sharing your valuable know how😊

[@Artofdrink]

Yes the essence can be added to pretty much anything to flavour it. It is very versatile.

[@teneewebb5601]

@@Artofdrink would I be adding the essence to the same amount of liquid? Like 1 oz of essence to 1 liter of nectar/honey?

[@JellyBellyMystic]

Are you actually doing everything backwards on the glass board on your end?

[@Artofdrink]

No, I just mirror the video when I edit it

[@mariogutierrez9527]

Can you recommend a market that sells this flavored syrups?

[@breakthelimite]

Do you have a book ? Or thinking of making one?

[@milanmumana]

Good video But can you make video how to make essence without alcohol specialy lemon lime essence

[@Artofdrink]

In the near future I will be making videos for non-alcoholic versions. Cheers

[@metehansen9784]

Hey Darcy, thanks for the amazing content, learning loads and joined the patreon. I was just wondering how you obtain the different densities for the different oils?

[@Artofdrink]

Thanks, glad you enjoy the content. The densities of each oil come from the certificates of analysis provided by the suppliers.

[@jasongilley70]

Is there any issue with using water at the syrup level in order to make it sugar-free? Also, in that case, it would seem the first three steps could be reduced to one by dilution.

[@Artofdrink]

It is the sugar in the syrup that helps keep the oils from separating. If you use just water the flavour oils will just float to the top. To make a zero calorie water based flavour you need to use emulsifiers like polysorbates.

[@jannegoman3689]

Hello, I just started your "How to make soda from scratch" series. I'm thinking if one volumetric drop is 50ppm, could I've mixed 1 part simple syrup with 9 parts of carbonated water and add one volumetric drop of 100% Essential oil to reach the same 50ppm result in my drink? Thank you for your efforts, Janne

[@Artofdrink]

Unfortunately, it isn’t that easy. The problem is you need to disperse the oil otherwise, it will just float on the simple syrup. Each step of the process helps keep the oil droplet size at a point (around 20 microns or less) where the oil has difficulty recombining with other oil droplets. Given enough time, it will float to the top, this is called “ringing” and is an issue in poorly made soda where there is a ring of oil at the top of the bottle. Proper dispersion of the oil gives a much better flavour.

[@kuldeepojha3146]

I run small soft drink company can you assist me developing a new flavor ?

[@RyanFeeley]

Are all essential oil manufacturers producing approximately the same quality of product? Would love to know some recommended brands I can get in Canada or via mail order.

[@Artofdrink]

Check out this video, it will explain it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4S9fXabmc9kgKs

[@josefmicallef9079]

Hi Darcy, what did you mean by the 4 to 10 ratio in the last part of rhe vid? Thanks Also btw, is there a conversion guide that converts the intensity of say, 10 oranges to syrup or essence?

[@Artofdrink]

The 4 to 10 range is calculated field that just gives guidance as to whether a formula is to strong or weak. And there isn’t a guide that I have found that converts fresh fruit to a syrup, too much variability in fruits.

[@mohdabrar2839]

Dear most of the companies make drinks how much ppm they have?

[@Artofdrink]

It varies but it can be as low as 10 ppm and as high as 500 ppm or more.

[@waseemmohd1707]

Kindly share pdf

[@mohdabrar2839]

which meter can measure ppm

[@Artofdrink]

Unfortunately there are no instruments that can measure flavour ppm. It is pretty much all calculated using math.

[@mohdabrar2839]

@@Artofdrink thanks what about tds meter calculate water in ppm

[@Artofdrink]

@@mohdabrar2839 TDS only works on salts or particles, oil is non-conductive so wouldn't work.

[@mohdabrar2839]

@@Artofdrink THANKS

[@Fischjac14]

Can you make a clean soda without all of these BS additives?!

[@stuartholroyd6404]

Hey Darcy, I've emailed you, could you get back to me when you get a chance. Thanks