Attempt to make my own Vanilla Coke has failed :(

[Jerboy]

Ok, it has been said a few times here that Vanilla Coke is no more than vanilla extract and regular coke. Looks like people making these claims have not tried it themselves.

I tried it today and it tastes absolutely icky:disgust:

 

[AShadeOfClear]

Making Coke with real lemons tastes pretty good in my opinion, though, and its easy.

 

[N8Magic]

Originally posted by: Jerboy
Ok, it has been said a few times here that Vanilla Coke is no more than vanilla extract and regular coke. Looks like people making these claims have not tried it themselves.

I tried it today and it tastes absolutely icky:disgust:

Exactly.

A lot of people around here act as if they have their own soda fountain in their house.

They probably add a bit more sugar to take the bitterness of the vanilla extract away.

 

[ElFenix]

my roommate manages it. you must be buying inferior american vanilla or something.

 

[ggavinmoss]

Try using Vanilla Stoli instead.

-geoff

 

[prodigy]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Try using Vanilla Stoli instead.

-geoff

 

[xirtam]

I used Mexican Vanilla extract. And don't put very much in at all.

Don't let your bf make it for you. He might put another secret ingredient in.

 

[vash]

The true "Vanilla Coke", as my dad made back in the 60s:

1. Part soda water
2. Part Coke syrup
3. Part vanilla extract

That's the REAL vanilla coke -- go have one at your local diner.

vash

 

[Shelly21]

Originally posted by: Jerboy
Ok, it has been said a few times here that Vanilla Coke is no more than vanilla extract and regular coke. Looks like people making these claims have not tried it themselves.

I tried it today and it tastes absolutely icky:disgust:

Try vanilla syrup instead, the ones that they used at coffee shop.

 

[Jerboy]

Originally posted by: xirtam
I used Mexican Vanilla extract. And don't put very much in at all.

"very much" is a very subjective term. Give me an absolute number. I had to add 5ml in 150ml of coke to get any vanilla taste to it. By the time I have vanilla flavor, the icky flavors follows along.

Tea spoon of Vanilla extract costs a quarter. Not very economical at all. I was using a store brand vanilla extract.

Don't let your bf make it for you. He might put another secret ingredient in.

I don't mind letting him. He takes better care of me than any of you on the forums.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Jerboy

Originally posted by: xirtam
I used Mexican Vanilla extract. And don't put very much in at all.

"very much" is a very subjective term. Give me an absolute number. I had to add 5ml in 150ml of coke to get any vanilla taste to it. By the time I have vanilla flavor, the icky flavors follows along.

Tea spoon of Vanilla extract costs a quarter. Not very economical at all. I was using a store brand vanilla extract.

you measured out everything in mL?!?

its the residue in your test tube making everything taste bad!

 

[Jerboy]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
my roommate manages it. you must be buying inferior american vanilla or something.

Tastes vanillaish to you or your roommie is no implication for "tastes undistinguishable from authentic Coca-Cola Vanilla Coke".

As I've found out, the art of flavor matching is not all about mixing logically sounding items together.

 

[Spoooon]

Like someone suggested, try vanilla flavoring for coffee. Or this: link

 

[xirtam]

To be honest, I'm just trying to see how many people will dump vanilla extract in a bottle of perfectly good coke.

I should make a gullibility poll.

"Have you tried...?"
(X) Yes
( ) No

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Jerboy
Ok, it has been said a few times here that Vanilla Coke is no more than vanilla extract and regular coke. Looks like people making these claims have not tried it themselves. I tried it today and it tastes absolutely icky:disgust:

Quick! To the scroll!

 

[amnesiac]

It's not vanilla extract probably vanilla syrup.

Buy some of that Torani syrup in the store or if you have a specialty coffee place near you see if you can get a bottle of the much better Monin syrup. Very good stuff.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Jerboy
Ok, it has been said a few times here that Vanilla Coke is no more than vanilla extract and regular coke. Looks like people making these claims have not tried it themselves. I tried it today and it tastes absolutely icky:disgust:

Quick! To the scroll!

i was wondering when that would happen



its definitely extract, not syrup. the syrup tastes different.

 

[gopunk]

my friend's roommate says he has done it successfully... and he wasn't just trying to be cool, because he was surprised when we told him coke now makes a vanilla coke.

 

[crypticlogin]

I don't mind letting him. He takes better care of me than any of you on the forums.

But you still persist to post... go figure.

 

[Jerboy]

Originally posted by: gopunk
my friend's roommate says he has done it successfully... and he wasn't just trying to be cool, because he was surprised when we told him coke now makes a vanilla coke.

What is your definition of "done it successfully"?

You didn't say whether he mixed it together to make a drinkable vanilla flavored coke or a drink that is indistinguishable from authentic Vanilla Coke.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Jerboy

Originally posted by: gopunk
my friend's roommate says he has done it successfully... and he wasn't just trying to be cool, because he was surprised when we told him coke now makes a vanilla coke.

What is your definition of "done it successfully"?

You didn't say whether he mixed it together to make a drinkable vanilla flavored coke or a drink that is indistinguishable from authentic Vanilla Coke.

as in he said "it tasted good".

 

[Perknose]

What is your definition of "done it successfully"?

Please don't tell us yours!!

 

[CTho9305]

Jerboy - all the vanilla extract I've seen has similar alcohol content to vodka (~80 proof).... think that is adding to the flavor?

try letting it go a little flat also.