New ideal Dr Pepper recipe

=== metric version ===

600 mL cups water
1 kg white sugar

20g fresh ginger
8g whole cloves
8g star anise
6g ceylon cinnamon
3g allspice berries
3g cut-sifted licorice
3g cut-sifted sarsaparilla
2g peppercorns
2g cracked nutmeg
1.5g dried wintergreen
1g juniper berries
1g cardamom
1g coriander seeds

250 mL plum juice
100 mL black cherry juice
60 mL raspberry syrup
30 mL blackberry syrup
30 mL lemon oleo-saccharum
30 mL orange oleo-saccharum
20 mL molasses
10 mL caramel syrup

30 mL almond extract
30 mL vanilla extract


Infuse spices into syrup of sugar and water. Mix with remaining ingredients

Makes 1.5 L of syrup. Mix with 7.5 L of carbonated water for soda


=== American version ===

3¼ cups water
6 cups white sugar

3½ inches fresh ginger (25g)
2 tbsp or ~100 whole cloves (10g)
8½ star anise pods (10g)
2 ceylon cinnamon quills (7.5g)
16 allspice berries (3.75g)
1½ tsp cut-sifted licorice (3.75g)
1½ tsp cut-sifted sarsaparilla (3.75g)
50 peppercorns (2.5g)
⅔ kernel of nutmeg, cracked (2.5 g)
6 tbsp dried wintergreen (2g)
14 juniper berries (1.25g)
4 cardamom pods (1.25g)
½ tbsp coriander seeds (1.25g)

1⅓ cups plum juice
½ cup black cherry juice
5 tbsp raspberry syrup
2½ tbsp blackberry syrup
2½ tbsp lemon oleo-saccharum
2½ tbsp orange oleo-saccharum
1¾ tbsp molasses
1 tbsp caramel syrup

2½ tbsp almond extract
2½ tbsp vanilla extract


Infuse spices into syrup of sugar and water. Mix with remaining ingredients

Makes ½ gal of syrup. Mix with 2½ gal of carbonated water for soda