> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Tamsyn Michael
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> > I've got all the ingredients bar this one. Apparently used in cake
> baking?
> > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_arabic#section_1
> > Any tips on where to get it?
> how about premier art supplies on; 43 Gilles Street, Adelaide, South
> Australia 5000
> comes in bottles of varying sizes;
> Kim
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> Thanks Kim, but art-grade is the wrong gum Arabic. Food grade is
> non-toxic. :)
> On 12/11/2012 1:00 PM, "Kim Hawtin" <kimhaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Tamsyn Michael
>> <tamsyn.j.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I've got all the ingredients bar this one. Apparently used in cake
>> baking?
>> > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_arabic#section_1
>> > Any tips on where to get it?
>> how about premier art supplies on; 43 Gilles Street, Adelaide, South
>> Australia 5000
>> comes in bottles of varying sizes;
>> Kim
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> I was gunna say!
> Must be a different kind of thickener, the gum arabic I've used for binder
> is dissolved in alcohol.
> Andrew
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Tamsyn Michael <
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>> Thanks Kim, but art-grade is the wrong gum Arabic. Food grade is
>> non-toxic. :)
>> On 12/11/2012 1:00 PM, "Kim Hawtin" <kimhaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Tamsyn Michael
>>> <tamsyn.j.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I've got all the ingredients bar this one. Apparently used in cake
>>> baking?
>>> > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_arabic#section_1
>>> > Any tips on where to get it?
>>> how about premier art supplies on; 43 Gilles Street, Adelaide, South
>>> Australia 5000
>>> comes in bottles of varying sizes;
>>> Kim
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> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Tamsyn Michael
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> > Thanks Kim, but art-grade is the wrong gum Arabic. Food grade is
> non-toxic.
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Hehe - thanks all. I found the gum arabic (and the caramel colour) at
Caroline's Cake Supplies in Oaklands Park. The dude even through in the
citric acid (100%). Thanks for the cake supplies tip Kim.
Now all I have to do is source the caffeine :/ - I figured that'd be a trip
to the chemist, but I'm not sure how many mg of caffeine are in 1 mL, and
no doz is expensive.
There are cheaper suppliers from the US (smartpowders - 400g for $13) but I presume you don't want to wait for shipping.
Also, be very very careful with this stuff - buy a scale accurate to at least 10mg, and measure twice. Also don't divide up the 20g package assuming that they've actually given you 20g - sellers can sometimes be 'generous'. Store it out of sight too, lest someone unaware decides to take a spoonful of it...
On 12/11/2012, at 4:38 PM, Tamsyn Michael <tamsyn.j.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hehe - thanks all. I found the gum arabic (and the caramel colour) at Caroline's Cake Supplies in Oaklands Park. The dude even through in the citric acid (100%). Thanks for the cake supplies tip Kim.
> Now all I have to do is source the caffeine :/ - I figured that'd be a trip to the chemist, but I'm not sure how many mg of caffeine are in 1 mL, and no doz is expensive.
> There are cheaper suppliers from the US (smartpowders - 400g for $13) but
> I presume you don't want to wait for shipping.
> Also, be very very careful with this stuff - buy a scale accurate to at
> least 10mg, and measure twice. Also don't divide up the 20g package
> assuming that they've actually given you 20g - sellers can sometimes be
> 'generous'. Store it out of sight too, lest someone unaware decides to
> take a spoonful of it...
> On 12/11/2012, at 4:38 PM, Tamsyn Michael <tamsyn.j.mich...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hehe - thanks all. I found the gum arabic (and the caramel colour) at
> Caroline's Cake Supplies in Oaklands Park. The dude even through in the
> citric acid (100%). Thanks for the cake supplies tip Kim.
> > Now all I have to do is source the caffeine :/ - I figured that'd be a
> trip to the chemist, but I'm not sure how many mg of caffeine are in 1 mL,
> and no doz is expensive.
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Thanks - I may try that for next time. But I did the math, and no-doz is
actually not to bad / mg of caffeine. Much cheaper than Coke. :) I
should probably switch all together. Have half a tablet and a bottle of
water instead...
After I try this. Wish me luck, I'll be mixing it up while dinner's
cooking. If anyone wants to try it (and I don't fail miserably) I'll bring
the syrup and a bottle or two of carbonated mineral water to Hackerspace.
Are you doing the full hammer-drill-powered-whisk? This is one of the
crucial things that the Cube Cinema folk discovered when trying to execute
the open cola recipe (check out Cube Cola). You need high sheer strength to
get the gum arabic to form an emulsion, hence the Tim-The-Toolman style
mixer.
> Thanks - I may try that for next time. But I did the math, and no-doz is
> actually not to bad / mg of caffeine. Much cheaper than Coke. :) I
> should probably switch all together. Have half a tablet and a bottle of
> water instead...
> After I try this. Wish me luck, I'll be mixing it up while dinner's
> cooking. If anyone wants to try it (and I don't fail miserably) I'll bring
> the syrup and a bottle or two of carbonated mineral water to Hackerspace.
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Yeah - saw the cube cola recipe. I'm hoping my blender will do the job
though. Damn the oil mixture smells good. I'm seriously thinking of
making an 'eu de coke' perfume.
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Steven Pickles <thatpix...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Are you doing the full hammer-drill-powered-whisk? This is one of the
> crucial things that the Cube Cinema folk discovered when trying to execute
> the open cola recipe (check out Cube Cola). You need high sheer strength to
> get the gum arabic to form an emulsion, hence the Tim-The-Toolman style
> mixer.
> On 12 November 2012 18:09, Tamsyn Michael <tamsyn.j.mich...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> Thanks - I may try that for next time. But I did the math, and no-doz is
>> actually not to bad / mg of caffeine. Much cheaper than Coke. :) I
>> should probably switch all together. Have half a tablet and a bottle of
>> water instead...
>> After I try this. Wish me luck, I'll be mixing it up while dinner's
>> cooking. If anyone wants to try it (and I don't fail miserably) I'll bring
>> the syrup and a bottle or two of carbonated mineral water to Hackerspace.
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Hehe Damien - awesome. I haven't seen that before. Nice use of science.
I'm using carbonated water from the supermarket though.
And it tastes nooooothing like coke. Too sweet (I didn't think it was
possible) and orangy. And it's red. I think I'm enjoying it, even if it
is like swigging perfume, doubt I'd make it again except to wear on a
date. I tried a little of the emulsion in water. It was much better
without the sugar (though I'd probably miss the caffeine).
I'm looking forward to others' opinions on this one.
Oh, and after all that worry the caffeine was super easy to work out - Coke
is 100mg / litre so I crushed 25 tablets - they dissolved fine in the hot
liquid.
Oh, damn. I tried just adding some more acid to the glass and now I know
what it reminds me of... Berocca. Anyone want a caffeinated berocca mix
with none of those pesky vitamins?
The too sweet is no phosphoric acid, why pepsi is the devils cola!
:-)
Andrew
On 12/11/2012 8:41 PM, "Tamsyn Michael" <tamsyn.j.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hehe Damien - awesome. I haven't seen that before. Nice use of science.
I'm using carbonated water from the supermarket though.
And it tastes nooooothing like coke. Too sweet (I didn't think it was
possible) and orangy. And it's red. I think I'm enjoying it, even if it
is like swigging perfume, doubt I'd make it again except to wear on a
date. I tried a little of the emulsion in water. It was much better
without the sugar (though I'd probably miss the caffeine).
I'm looking forward to others' opinions on this one.
Oh, and after all that worry the caffeine was super easy to work out - Coke
is 100mg / litre so I crushed 25 tablets - they dissolved fine in the hot
liquid.
I saw Cube Cola give a presentation (quite) a few years back. Their result
was in the ballpark of Coke, and it certainly wasn't red. They did a blind
taste test with a bunch of cola-clones to see if your taste preference
aligned with preference of the cultural views of each cola (eg, Mecca cola
and Turka cola). Spoiler alert, it didn't ;) Coke has a much rounder
flavour than most of the clones.
pix
On 12 November 2012 20:52, Andrew Helgeson <cyberte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The too sweet is no phosphoric acid, why pepsi is the devils cola!
> :-)
> Andrew
> On 12/11/2012 8:41 PM, "Tamsyn Michael" <tamsyn.j.mich...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Hehe Damien - awesome. I haven't seen that before. Nice use of science.
> I'm using carbonated water from the supermarket though.
> And it tastes nooooothing like coke. Too sweet (I didn't think it was
> possible) and orangy. And it's red. I think I'm enjoying it, even if it
> is like swigging perfume, doubt I'd make it again except to wear on a
> date. I tried a little of the emulsion in water. It was much better
> without the sugar (though I'd probably miss the caffeine).
> I'm looking forward to others' opinions on this one.
> Oh, and after all that worry the caffeine was super easy to work out -
> Coke is 100mg / litre so I crushed 25 tablets - they dissolved fine in the
> hot liquid.
> I wish it wasn't so sweet - I am thinking of adding a little more acid -
> I'll see what you guys think first though. :)
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Steven Pickles <thatpix...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I saw Cube Cola give a presentation (quite) a few years back. Their result
> was in the ballpark of Coke, and it certainly wasn't red. They did a blind
> taste test with a bunch of cola-clones to see if your taste preference
> aligned with preference of the cultural views of each cola (eg, Mecca cola
> and Turka cola). Spoiler alert, it didn't ;) Coke has a much rounder
> flavour than most of the clones.
> pix
> Coke is the only cola that doesn't taste sickly sweet - I'm guessing it's
the acidity. Also coke is way more carbonated than other colas (which
would add to the acidity even further). I kind of wish I had left out some
of the sugar. Did the cube cola taste sweeter than coke?
:( - I done fucked up - I don't think even super carbonated water can save
this. :)
Wonder where you would get phosphoric acid?
Or what percentage
Andrew
On 12/11/2012 10:36 PM, "Tamsyn Michael" <tamsyn.j.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Steven Pickles <thatpix...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I saw Cube Cola g...
Coke is the only cola that doesn't taste sickly sweet - I'm guessing it's
the acidity. Also coke is way more carbonated than other colas (which
would add to the acidity even further). I kind of wish I had left out some
of the sugar. Did the cube cola taste sweeter than coke?
:( - I done fucked up - I don't think even super carbonated water can save
this. :)
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> > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Steven Pickles
> > <thatpix...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I saw Cube Cola g...
> > Coke is the only cola that doesn't taste sickly sweet - I'm guessing
> > it's the acidity. Also coke is way more carbonated than other colas
> > (which would add to the acidity even further). I kind of wish I had
> > left out some of the sugar. Did the cube cola taste sweeter than
> > coke?
> > :( - I done fucked up - I don't think even super carbonated water
> > can save this. :)
