OpenCola

OpenColawe love open source!

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What is OpenCola?

OpenCola is a brand of cola unique in that the instructions for making it are freely available and modifiable.

Anybody can make the drink, and anyone can modify and improve on the recipe as long as they, too, license their recipe under the GNU General Public License.

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Version History - OpenCola1.0 - 01/27/2001

Original text

1.1 - 01/29/2001

Fixed typos. Made disclaimer scarier. Removed snotty references to Americans.

1.1.1 - 01/30/2001

Even more disclaimer, this time to differentiate this recipe from the stuff in the cans.

1.1.2 - 1/31/2001

Fixed Amanda's email address

1.1.3 - 2/20/2001

Added sterner caffeine warnings, link to Material Safety Data Sheet – thanks to Tom Swulius. Added contributors section.

“openCOLA” company (Toronto, Canada, 1999-2003)

Collaborative Object Lookup Architecture

openCOLA is an intelligent agent technology. You describe the characteristics of files and documents that you're seeking, and it ventures forth on the Internet to find those files and documents. You can improve its results by training it with feedback, telling it what you like and dislike, and why....http://web.archive.org/web/20000818032752/http://www.opencola.com/software/

OpenCola was a promotion toolfor openCOLA!

but, the company became better knownfor the drink than the software....

150,000 cans were sold!

Coke Tree?

Original Coke

Modern Coke OpenCola 1.1.3

Cube-Cola 2.0 ? ?

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2001

2008

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Recipe Comparisonfood-grade gum arabic

orange oil

lime oil

cassia oil

lemon oil

nutmeg oil

coriander oil

neroli oil

lavender oil

0ml 2.50ml 5.00ml 7.50ml 10.00ml

OpenColaCube-ColaCoke Original?

✴In Coke original recipe lime juice were used instead of lime oilcf. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/427/original-recipe/recipe

Today’s Recipe based on OpenCola 1.1.3

Flavoring formula10.0 g food-grade gum arabic

3.50 mL orange oil

3.00 mL water

2.75 mL lime oil

1.25 mL cassia oil

1.00 mL lemon oil

1.00 mL nutmeg oil

0.25 mL coriander oil

0.25 mL neroli oil

0.25 mL lavender oil

Concentrate formula2.36 1.2 kg plain granulated white table sugar

2.28 1.2 L water

30.0 mL caramel color

17.5 mL 75% phosphoric acid or citric acid

10.0 mL flavoring formula

2.50 mL caffeine (optional)

Dilution25 15 mL concentrate + 125 mL soda

Time to cooking!

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whisk attachment

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