Citrus Energy Drink

Name: Citrus Energy Drink
Total time: 1500 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: ½ ea. lemon, zested in strips and juiced; ½ ea. lime, zested in strips and juiced; ½ ea. orange, zested in strips and juiced; ½ cup (120 ml) white sugar; 30 mg caffeine (optional); Carbonated water, as needed

__notoc__ An energy drink is a heavily caffeinated soft drink. This recipe contains a lot of caffeine and citrus. This recipe has been modified from a discussion at Stack Exchange.

1500 min · serves 4

Ingredients

½ ea. lemon, zested in strips and juiced
½ ea. lime, zested in strips and juiced
½ ea. orange, zested in strips and juiced
½ cup (120 ml) white sugar
30 mg caffeine (optional)
Carbonated water, as needed

Steps

Combine the citrus zests and sugar, rubbing the sugar into the peels to extract the oils. Let this mixture rest in the fridge for 24 hours to infuse.
Combine the sugar-zest mixture with the citrus juices and caffeine. Stir well to dissolve the sugar and get a syrup.
Strain the syrup—this should yield approximately 5 oz (150 ml) syrup.
To make the finished beverage, mix 1 volume of syrup with 5 volumes of carbonated water.

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Adapted from “Citrus Energy Drink” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.