How to Prototype a Beverage Flavour

[@ErnestoAmenabar]

I am quite a new viewer and I am slowly catching up. The carbonation series was great and this flavor series is coming along great. You have quite a unique channel packed with dense information for us soda nerds. I was watching a video about Olipop; it would be very interesting to hear your opinion about this trend of so-called healthier sodas with less sugar, probiotics, fiber, and all that stuff. I think it is becoming a strong trend. Thanks

[@Artofdrink]

Thank you and there is a lot more contentto come and I will touch on some of those things.

[@cornevandervyver3301]

Nice, I enjoy your videos

[@lucascruz77]

Make a video about cocktails clarification and shelf life Very useful channel!!

[@inyourefacehaha]

that's not really the content Darcy has been making so I don't know if that is on his schedule, but cocktail time with Kevin kos has a few interesting videos about that. I have personally clarified cocktails and kept (in the fridge) for over a year with no issues, out of the fridge flavour and colour chance a bit faster.

[@Artofdrink]

I'll probably talk about shelf life in a future video but as @inyourefacehaha mentions @kevinkos is a great resource for clarification.

[@jonathantillian6528]

Super excited this came out, great info! Somehow white chocolate cognac sounds intriguing and unique. Do you have a preferred source for glassware/storage bottles?

[@Artofdrink]

Thanks, I don't have a preferred vendor, they are pretty much all the same for small bottles.

[@Tmanaz480]

Perfumer's trick: If you bend the strip upward, it wont contact your countertop when you set it down.

[@remoleon]

Hi, great content, can you make Monster Fruit Punch recipe please?

[@josefmicallef9079]

Hi Darcy, when it comes to aroma testing, do ratios matter? In your video you’re comparing two aromas in the same amount.

[@Artofdrink]

It can for some ingredients, like butyric acid, which can help create natural fruit flavours but smells like a dirty hobo bathed in Limburger cheese. For aromas that are pungent like that, using it at smelling concentrations of 0.1% or less, compared to 1% solutions, is beneficial.

[@virtual_inferno202]

Do you think you could make a video on how to emulsify flavor molecules without syrup to make a flavored sparkling water such as bubbly?

[@Dem0Dule]

Look at his videos on flavor essences. He states you can use them in cocktails and such it should be fine in sparkling water. You're just making a soda without the sweet. A little acid to "brighten it" could help too.

[@Dem0Dule]

Cant wait to formulate a knock off Dr. Pepper and call it Dr. Darcy or something. Probably not going to deal with the supposed 23 flavors like the original, but one of them might just end up being cognac.

[@xingchuyongren]

我也试着模仿过，只是尾韵是杏仁味。😂然后我就放弃了，因为他们调研过这种味道像一种当地止咳药水。很难进入市场。以及 cognac oil 我使用了人造的，因为天然的非常贵，极少使用这种香料。我尝试混合一些其他的风味，结果得到了类似山楂的味道在我舌头上。不是葡萄。

[@jadon_clews]

Dr. Bob

[@GRyanBee]

You need to get the term 'flavinoids' in reference

[@12qwe349]

Slaving away in a basement at night for 6 months and spending countless $ on oils, etc. when a focused AI prompt could probably get a guy 90% on his way to a newly-marketable soft drink or soda... Thoughts?

[@Artofdrink]

AI doesn't have a sense of taste, nor does it have access to most formulation data, so it is just making random combinations. ChatGPT can make modified versions of known formulations, like cola, but the chance of it making something unique that humans actually like and is safe to drink is low at this point. Yes, I've checked this in ChatGPT4. And no doubt it can be super helpful, but the true test is how it tastes. The reality is that a big marketing budget is a better predictor of success than a decent formulation. Think Prime, sweet, fruity, boring flavours we've all tasted before, but the cult of personality propels it forward.

[@isaacholzwarth]

Even if it worked it would be lazy and wrong. AI is the death of creativity.

[@GS_666]

It’s interesting that you would describe the creative research process as slaving away, when to a lot of people that’s basically what makes us human? Many people watch these videos to enable them to spend more nights in the basement, including me! ChatGPT and other LLMs, as others have pointed out, are pretending to be capable of this. Are you?