Citrus Energy Drink
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. Note that consuming high levels of caffeine can be very dangerous. If you are scaling the recipe up or down, make sure you scale the caffeine accordingly so that the per-serving caffeine amount stays the same or is lower. Absolutely do not use more than the listed proportion of caffeine; this will result in hospitalization or even death.
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
Ingredients for 4 servings (210 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
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.
- 2
Combine the sugar-zest mixture with the citrus juices and caffeine. Stir well to dissolve the sugar and get a syrup.
- 3
Strain the syrup—this should yield approximately 5 oz (150 ml) syrup.
- 4
To make the finished beverage, mix 1 volume of syrup with 5 volumes of carbonated water.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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