Another thing I wanted to add: what about simmering all the stuff instead of boiling? I believe if you boil the "tea" too hard it's going to destroy some aroma chemicals instead of extracting them. I think simmering might give you a different result. That's no critique, just a thought :)
the best result would probably come from making a concentrated extract from the aromatics with a neutral alcohol (such as vodka), and using that. This is what "bitters" are in cocktail making - concentrated infused liquors that impart aroma and flavor, needing only a few drops to have an effect
Just on a chemistry note, boiling water never goes above 100 ⁰C, simmering water sits a little below that but not much. Not impossible, but its unlikely compounds would have a strong difference in their decomposition between (lets say) 90-100 ⁰C. Below about 85 degrees id says thats getting more likely (purely hunch in this case, but from a chemistry researcher who spends a lot of his days looking at how various reactions change with temperature). More likely is that more volatile flavour compounds are evaporating off faster, as mentioned in a previous comment. Depends a bit what you count as simmering temperature though, that seems to be quite ambiguous.
@@trytwicelikemice3190 that's a good point. To me "simmering" means around 90 degrees. That's indeed not a big difference. The perfect temperature to extract the desired chemical compound depends on each compound I guess. @havocmusicinc has a great point too! Not every molecule is soluble in water. So trying to extract it in alcohol or oil may be more effective. I've watched "Glen and Friends cooking"'s series where he tried to recreate the original Coca Cola recipe, as well as a few other Colas and if I remember correctly he used oil based aromas as well. It's been a few years but I think I'll give it a watch again, highly recommended if you guys are interested. This guy goes great lengths to recreate Pepsi. He also cracked down the KFC chicken recipe, he bought a huge pressurized deep fryer for that lol!
I followed your receipe. The result: Aroma: Tea notes, ripe orange and hay. No traces of the roots. Taste: Mouthwatering sweetness. Ripe and sweet oranges, with a hint of plum and dates. A little bit of pepper and a subtle spiciness. Texture: With 1:4 ratio watery, very thin. Overall: Leaving caffeine and taurine out, its a delicious sweet tea which reminds me of isotonic sport drinks. Without sugar, it would actually make a really healthy drink, which I would suggest for sports or as a diet supplement curing appetite. However- The sugar to extract the orange does not justify its existance. Neither in taste nor in effects. I suggest distilling the oranges for the oils, which need the bitterness for the taste. Leaving sugar out will also help making it richer in taste. Which will also make it easier to reach this sour sparkling punch with the citric acid. What could be better? We
Taurine is actually supposed to have a relaxing effect. It can help with anxiety and lowers blood pressure. It might be added in order to reduce some side effects of the caffeine.
Recent paper published from a Norwegian university shows 20-25% longer life expectancy for every mammal they tested daily Taurine supplementation on...
Taurine absolutely does help you relax. (but it is also used in energy production) After several months of bad sleep, trying all kinds of herbal teas, magnesium etc. and nothing really helping, taurine was the game changer. I really hate the stance of "This substance does nothing because it hasn't been proven in our approved study". The FDA probably doesn't allow the claim that water helps with hydration because no study has proven it - and nobody would fund such an idiotic study.
you need to cut the peels off instead of peel them when u do this, these are juicing oranges so they cannot be peeled like regular oranges. they're similar to limes or lemons in the way that they're nearly impossible to peel like a regular orange and it just makes a huge mess
When you tasted it, it didn't convince me that they were close 😅 felt like you followed an internet recipe that was not it, but by that point you already made the video...
He doesn't know or doesn't mention that the fruit red bull tastes most like is Guarana. It's in the ingredient list, and very popular in South America.
@TheFishinMortician nah I see the vision. I think if you take both the taurine and caffeine out, it's basically a cocktail or a tea. I'd toy with the type of sugar though. Or I'd experiment with the sugar levels. Keeping the vitamin B12 can help long term.
I quit energy drinks about half a year ago. However I think I would have loved to see a monster recipe just without the caffeine. This is awesome keep it up.
Monster had a version without caffeine - "Unleaded", unfortunately it was discontinued, but I also like a taste a lot and was really disappointed that it's not available anymore.
Taurine was discovered when scientists wondered where bulls got their extra energy from during mating season. They found that the bulls produced an enzyme giving them extra energy. They then synthesized it in a lab and Taurine was created (no bull)! The name comes from the name for a bull in Latin (Taurus). It is found in every single energy drink, so it clearly does work. Love it! Thanks man. Gonna grab the ingredients and a very large bottle of vodka.
What I've found that gives red bull is flavor is Guarana. If you've have the opportunity to drink Guarana soda, it's basically identical, and Guarana is naturally caffeinated - the color is even similar. I would venture to get that red bull is mostly naturally caffeinated and taurine is added.
Little did catjive realise Commenting on the thing he said made him react so savagely to something someone did only made everyone else want to see what it was
I like to eat the peels once the oleosacchrum (sp) is done enough. They're like little candies, as long as you didn't get too much pith when you peeled.
This is great! I was actually discussing to a friend recently about how popular drinks like redbull would taste if homemade. I think I will give it a try. As always, your videos are the highlight of my notifications!
It is kind of a ginger ale, but with the licorice and ginsing as well, very "root herbal" but the high caffeine, taurine, and B vitamines make it that "energy drink" making one without the additives and reduced sugar would be nice, the sourness is also there to raise the pH so the acids kill off mold and bacteria, so you could adjust that to taste if you don't plan on it having a really long shelf life.
Taurine actually gives the effect of undoing the "kick" effect of Caffeine. Why not just study the reasons for adding each ingredient first. I bet most of people here don't even know Redbull was formulated by a Thai, not an Austrian. The Austrian businessman was the one who modified the taste to favor westerners more while retaining the formula and introduced it out of Asia.
I've been wanting to try this for years, I think this is the sign for me to finally try it, thanks! Why did you use exactly these herbs and spices? Any specific research sources or did you just guess?
I've heard that Red Bull was inspired by some kind of Indian drink and basically just commercialized for a western audience. Maybe he looked up the original and added the chemicals that are making it 'distinctly Red Bull'.
@@giratina6665 you mean Kratin Daeng? I remember hearing this a long time ago. It's actually a Thai drink, not Indian. I just read the Wikipedia page of Kratin Daeng. It literally translates to Red Bull and it was founded in 1975. They even created the Logo l with the 2 bulls. The founder of Red Bull basically stole it 1982when he visited Thailand, as far as I understand.
does anyone know if taurine, caffeine and the vitamin drops affect the taste in any way? i am actually interested in making this because i really like the redbull taste
Lemon citrate medication is what they use for lemon btw. I tested it in my lab taurine burns fat and helps digest it it also helps conver cholesterol into hormones cholesterol can also be converted to thyroid hormones using copper as a catalyst.
You really shouldn't say things like this on an instructional video. Whether it's true or not for most cases, there's going to be a few that fall out of that norm
I wuld say, its very unlikely, that oleo saccharum will go bad easily. A high amount of sugar alone lower the risk of microbial infestation significantly (otherwise honey also wouldn't have that long of a shelf life). And considering, that the orange and lemon skins still have et least some citric acid, it could slightly increase the acidity of the syrup, which also decrease the possibility of getting bad. Therfore its safe to say, that it's very, very unlikely to get microbial infestation. And if something still happens, you probably are able to see, smell or taste it, if something went wrong. In the end, its still almost pure sugar with citrus aroma (and a relatively low water content) 😅
Great video. I learned a lot. I am curious if it really is even remotly close to the taste of an energy drink. Your taste disciption about it somehow led me to belief that. Yet I was very surprised that in theory the ingredients feel so "natural" when you do it yourself. This feels like an recipe that you would encounter somewhere on a bazar when traveling 3rd world countries. Some roots, bullsperm and lots of sugar to sell it like lemonade. haha Now, with sugar breaking down the lemon, I finally understand the concept of lemonade. If you would have simply mixed sugar, water and lemons with eachother, you would not get such an intense taste as if you let the sugar react with the lemon first. This can make the great difference in taste. Might seem so obvious, but it still gives me joy to have learned this. Thanks.
How about adding citric acid? (in its synthetic form), to me when I drink Redbull I feel that sour you get on sour sweets, perhaps it could make a difference as opposed to using lemon juice. Also another thing that came into mind is, if instead of using sugar to extract the oil from oranges you boiled the peels with the "tea" (and added sugar, Also not sure how Caffeine, Tourine and B vitamin react when boiled, so maybe you would have to add it after), you could let it boil for quite a while (~15 minutes) which would extract a lot of flavour, the downside of this would be that since you would have to use the infusion itself you would need a water carbonator, but made me wonder how it would taste.
I do not care what people say, RedBull is the best tasting. Ive had the pleasure of tasting some without the caffeine and other additives, and always thought it could be its own drink.
I believe the beer technique you mentioned is a filtering process using finings which are traditionally made using fish guts which basically gets rid of any haze/impurities the beer may have. However New England IPAs are unfiltered making them organic unless you’re using a seaweed based finning which is vegan friendly.
AWESOME, i cant wait to drink litres of cafeine free redbull. Do you think it would be the same level of difficulty to recreate the flavor of the monster pipeline punch?
About making your drink clear; When I used to make wine I used to "polish" the completed wine which would result in an ultra clear bright finish. It involved using bentonite clay mixed into the wine then sieving through a cloth mesh for a first pass which would leave a bentonite residue on the cloth, takes about thirty minutes for a gallon. Then sieve a second time through the clay coated cloth and the wine becomes polished, takes several hours for the second process. The results are worth it.. Make sure there are no vinegar flies around and cover the filtration set up for hygiene though. Wine polishing kits are available online.
There’s this one channel that has this series called “Make it or Buy it, where they break down the making of common store bought items (like matcha tea, bread, etc…), and one thing they do (that I really appreciate) is they not only break down the making of the item in question, but also break down the cost, effort, and time needed to make the respective thing. It’s really cool that you were able to make Red Bull, but I can’t help but think things like “man, ginseng is so pricey” or “oh, but I really like (X) flavor”. You’ve listed the ingredients, shown the process, but haven’t discussed the price or whether the drink is worth making at home or not. I haven’t checked the video description at this time, so maybe the prices are listed there and I could just decide for myself if this is worth making, but it’s a short step of effort that would certainly be worth including IMO. Don’t get me wrong, it’s really cool that you were able to make something comparable to the original, and I might just try making it myself… assuming I don’t need to sell my soul to get some ginseng lol.
Would be just as well if anyone left out the licorice root due to the glycyrrhizin content and potential side effects. Especially if someone decides they really like this home brew and intend to make it often.
Nice info, check this out. It’s Lipovitan diluted with carbonated water. Used to get it as a kid in the Asian markets. Twenty plus years later when I tasted my first Red Bull, it was unmistakable. Red Bull stole the recipe
Nice find! Lipovitan was introduced in Thailand in the 1960s and evolved into Red Bull. A Thai businessman tweaked the taste of taurine and named the drink Krating Daeng, which translates to Red Bull. Dietrich Mateschitz developed Red Bull in Austria in 1987, based on the Thai drink.
A pharmaceutical turned into a commonplace grocery item. I heard years ago that Red Bull was tested on soldiers for enhanced stamina but they dropped it after finding that taurine was too dangerous.
Very informative content, everything you say carries weight - I enjoy how you include steps like reusing the strainer and orange peels for the leftover syrup - that functional transparency is appreciated
Only if there is no water left. Like crystallized ginger and other "candied" things you get at the grocery store. In the bowl, where he is leeching the water out of the fruit, there is still plenty of water present to keep it liquified. So if he left it in the fridge toooo long, it would get moldy. Same if you were salting cod for baccala or beef for beef jerky. You have to get all the moisture out, otherwise it will spoil. You can see this with authentic parmesean cheese grated from a big cheese wheel (not that junk stuff full of fillers and anti-caking agents in the green bottles in the store). You can store it in your cupboard because of how low the moisture content is. Even though it's cheese, you don't have to refrigerate it.
4:30 "Original Red Bull" looked like the Austrian knock-off. The original Red Bull from Thailand is sweet, with less tartness or bitterness. Quite a different flavour profile but you can tell the family resemblance.
I just want to make this without the taurine and caffeine and see if the taste is close enough, because i love the taste of Red Bull, but i hate the effects of caffeine
This is so cool. I start work at 5am, so I’m a huge fan of energy drinks…Red Bull makes me gag a bit, so I think the homemade version sounds a bit better, honestly. It looks better, too! I love the idea of playing around with fruit flavors a bit, and customizing it to taste.
@@sentinel_nightcrawlerYeah I hate almost all energy drinks for the taste but red bull is really nice for me , especially with a ton of ice in it , but then again I only drink it when coming out of a hangover so what do I know
Taurine with caffeine has been discussed in a few studies as modulating the cardiovascular effect of caffeine. Not sure if a mechanism was ever found and I don’t remember how strong the effect was observed to be.
Lol, not really. I worked in the production facility of redbull, mixing the components, and I can tell you the recipe in the video is complete nonsense lmao.
it probably tasted sorta like emergen-c because of the sparkling water ratio. I wonder if less carbonated water, and more clarification of the color would help it more closely taste like actual red bull.
I appreciate the science behind why something happens (like the sugar in the peels). Cause I hate doing things in recipes (and life) when I don't know why.
A quick reminder, most commercially available citrus nowadays has chemicals and waxes added to the peel to extend shelf life, therefore unless you take steps to remove the chemicals beforehand, they are not safe for consumption.
The ginseng was left whole when you cooked it. Try slicing or crushing the ginseng, to release more compounds. The skin is tough and papery, trapping the good part of ginseng inside.
Redbull has a very exotic note in edibles: animalic. It tastes like the deer musk commonly used in perfumery. What I get in redbull is vanillin, caramel, citrics and this musk as DNA (identity).
Would they use the malic acid and citric acid to extract the peels like you did as well as sugar? Super juice video described the same thing which might account for the taste discrepancy.
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I really wish redbull had a "not an energy drink thats pretty bad for you" and offer it in a soda form thats "about as bad as any other soda" but holds the same flavor as the energy drink. I love the smoothness of RB and the flavor/smell.
As a working class man that’s heavily abused energy drinks for more than a decade I can say the best way to go is just get enough sleep. But if you’re looking for something a little less condescending that’s still practical and saves you lots of money, grocery store brand caffeine pills and ice water.
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crazy. i was thinking about my budget a couple days ago and i thought to myself "i should try to make my own red bull" because i do buy it semi-often. then this popped up on me feed
Pro tip. Ginseng needs to be put to a boil then simmered for about an hour if you want to fully extract it. I’m sure that’s part of the whole red bull gives you wings thing. It also needs to be cut up, was hard to see if that was done in the video. Might have helped add more medicinal type flavour to the re-creation.
Man I used to love the old Red Bull Cola that they sold for a while. I remember seeing a flyer about it and all the different herbs and spices they used, cola and clove and mustard and all this You should try to recreate that!
I was looking into one of the ingredients because I’m extremely addicted to the point I get migraines and become very bitter without it. It seems one of its ingredients is also an ingredient in industrial glue which may explain the addiction.
I'm actually very curious to know what the flavor is of Yellow (tropical) red bull is because it is my favorite drink flavor but I can't discern exactly what it is besides sour and citrus.
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Taurine is also found in milk, plants, and meat. It is bitter and has almost no taste if it even has one. Its often added to food because it is believed that the extra taurine not already produced by the body aids in digestion.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing this! I drink Red Bull (far too) frequently, it's certainly helpful to know exactly what the ingredients look like before they're mixed! My question is: COULD you omit the caffeine, and just create a Red Bull-flavoured drink without the harmful energy effects? Also, would this need to be carbonated?
the flavor of red bull actually comes from an very specific fruit from the amazon and a lot of deep south american countries have their own energy drink based on it
Redbull is the best drink for its unique flavor and light carbonation Tastes like candy honestly, tickles the tongue, and I feel the caffeine after the first couple sips. I’m a late night bartender and this is my fuel to succeed.
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"it is the primary ingredient in bile, so maybe that's what gives Redbull it's unique taste" - this really does explain a lot.
If ive ever heard a back handed comment 😂
It means he has no idea what taurine is for… it has no taste at all
@@shackinternational it was a joke bruv
@@shackinternationalit means red bull taste like puke.
That it tastes the same going down as it does back up makes so much more sense now.
Taurine gives you a calming effect, that's why they couple it with caffeine. No jitters
Why would you need to calm down before a redbull stunt? I can't be calm while attempting a world record sky dive.
@jasonvolconaris3538 because if youre tense right before you crash, that's why you get injured -Ethan Tremblay
Another thing I wanted to add: what about simmering all the stuff instead of boiling? I believe if you boil the "tea" too hard it's going to destroy some aroma chemicals instead of extracting them. I think simmering might give you a different result. That's no critique, just a thought :)
the best result would probably come from making a concentrated extract from the aromatics with a neutral alcohol (such as vodka), and using that. This is what "bitters" are in cocktail making - concentrated infused liquors that impart aroma and flavor, needing only a few drops to have an effect
additionally some volatile aromas might (or definitely) will be evaporated. it is basically a steam distillation
Or sous vide
Just on a chemistry note, boiling water never goes above 100 ⁰C, simmering water sits a little below that but not much. Not impossible, but its unlikely compounds would have a strong difference in their decomposition between (lets say) 90-100 ⁰C. Below about 85 degrees id says thats getting more likely (purely hunch in this case, but from a chemistry researcher who spends a lot of his days looking at how various reactions change with temperature). More likely is that more volatile flavour compounds are evaporating off faster, as mentioned in a previous comment.
Depends a bit what you count as simmering temperature though, that seems to be quite ambiguous.
@@trytwicelikemice3190 that's a good point. To me "simmering" means around 90 degrees. That's indeed not a big difference. The perfect temperature to extract the desired chemical compound depends on each compound I guess. @havocmusicinc has a great point too! Not every molecule is soluble in water. So trying to extract it in alcohol or oil may be more effective. I've watched "Glen and Friends cooking"'s series where he tried to recreate the original Coca Cola recipe, as well as a few other Colas and if I remember correctly he used oil based aromas as well. It's been a few years but I think I'll give it a watch again, highly recommended if you guys are interested. This guy goes great lengths to recreate Pepsi. He also cracked down the KFC chicken recipe, he bought a huge pressurized deep fryer for that lol!
I followed your receipe. The result:
Aroma: Tea notes, ripe orange and hay. No traces of the roots.
Taste: Mouthwatering sweetness. Ripe and sweet oranges, with a hint of plum and dates. A little bit of pepper and a subtle spiciness.
Texture: With 1:4 ratio watery, very thin.
Overall: Leaving caffeine and taurine out, its a delicious sweet tea which reminds me of isotonic sport drinks. Without sugar, it would actually make a really healthy drink, which I would suggest for sports or as a diet supplement curing appetite.
However- The sugar to extract the orange does not justify its existance. Neither in taste nor in effects.
I suggest distilling the oranges for the oils, which need the bitterness for the taste.
Leaving sugar out will also help making it richer in taste. Which will also make it easier to reach this sour sparkling punch with the citric acid.
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Taurine is actually supposed to have a relaxing effect. It can help with anxiety and lowers blood pressure. It might be added in order to reduce some side effects of the caffeine.
It also alleviates fatty liver. Very useful stuff
Recent paper published from a Norwegian university shows 20-25% longer life expectancy for every mammal they tested daily Taurine supplementation on...
Where i can get taurine?? Purchase..
@@maximilianogabriel9982 any health or supplement store, probably online all over the world as well, Amazon for instance
Taurine absolutely does help you relax. (but it is also used in energy production) After several months of bad sleep, trying all kinds of herbal teas, magnesium etc. and nothing really helping, taurine was the game changer. I really hate the stance of "This substance does nothing because it hasn't been proven in our approved study". The FDA probably doesn't allow the claim that water helps with hydration because no study has proven it - and nobody would fund such an idiotic study.
The way you peeled that orange was just criminal.
Fr who tf peels like that
you need to cut the peels off instead of peel them when u do this, these are juicing oranges so they cannot be peeled like regular oranges. they're similar to limes or lemons in the way that they're nearly impossible to peel like a regular orange and it just makes a huge mess
@@phoenix4193 your still not justifying it.
This is my first video of his, I almost clicked away.
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When you tasted it, it didn't convince me that they were close 😅 felt like you followed an internet recipe that was not it, but by that point you already made the video...
Try making it then you can talk
He doesn't know or doesn't mention that the fruit red bull tastes most like is Guarana. It's in the ingredient list, and very popular in South America.
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@@Spartan_Rage7 why?
Emergen-C is as far away from redbull as you can get
Someone tell Nile Red so he can finally get his caffeine-free Red Bull.
Lmao I was thinking the same
ive wanted caf free redbull for sooo long
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@TheFishinMortician nah I see the vision. I think if you take both the taurine and caffeine out, it's basically a cocktail or a tea. I'd toy with the type of sugar though. Or I'd experiment with the sugar levels. Keeping the vitamin B12 can help long term.
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I quit energy drinks about half a year ago. However I think I would have loved to see a monster recipe just without the caffeine. This is awesome keep it up.
Monster had a version without caffeine - "Unleaded", unfortunately it was discontinued, but I also like a taste a lot and was really disappointed that it's not available anymore.
I have a caffeine free Monster recipe: Carbonated water, half chewed bubble gum, plastic straw particles, partially hydrogenated hydrogen, 18 kilograms of sugar
Monster is currently making a seltzer that swaps the caffeine blend with a little alcohol. It isn't bad
@@YourWifesBoyfriendYeah that's pretty accurate, Monster is really the one drink I'll have and feel it damaging my body in real time
why?
Taurine was discovered when scientists wondered where bulls got their extra energy from during mating season. They found that the bulls produced an enzyme giving them extra energy. They then synthesized it in a lab and Taurine was created (no bull)! The name comes from the name for a bull in Latin (Taurus). It is found in every single energy drink, so it clearly does work.
Love it! Thanks man. Gonna grab the ingredients and a very large bottle of vodka.
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Don't forget to add alcohol!
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i mean, id rather eat a juicy burger with a bunch of bacon and have the same effect
@@kidrobot. you can always have both
You missing the bull jizz
Lol thats hilarious
That’s where taurine comes from my guy
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What I've found that gives red bull is flavor is Guarana. If you've have the opportunity to drink Guarana soda, it's basically identical, and Guarana is naturally caffeinated - the color is even similar. I would venture to get that red bull is mostly naturally caffeinated and taurine is added.
Or b12
Red Bull does not contain guarana, never has. It would be declared as an ingredient.
I've definitely noticed a slight guarana flavor in red bull
@@Thanato15 which is weird considering it doesn't contain any
@@Hawk7886 yeah i know, maybe they inadvertently recreated the flavor
No hate at all but as a bartender watching you peel those oranges made me die a little.
Little did catjive realise
Commenting on the thing he said made him react so savagely to something someone did only made everyone else want to see what it was
Bro literally gave us a free and open source alternative to redbull's recipe which is completely proprietary
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it's not exactly rocket science though, is it
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This would be great for cocktails. A fancy vodka Red Bull with natural ingredients would be amazing.
Vodka Red Bull isn't a cocktail
You can just mix pineapple juice and sprite to get a good red bull imitation flavor
I like to eat the peels once the oleosacchrum (sp) is done enough. They're like little candies, as long as you didn't get too much pith when you peeled.
I remember going to a Colombian café a while ago and having basically exactly this! Candied citrus peels, it was great
My aunt used to make orange peel candy for the holidays. I remember it tasted pretty good. Not great but good.
You can get this in the Hispanic section of your grocery. Cancel or Conchita sell it in cans.
Theres a greek dessert that consists of orange peel in syrup, pretty much looks like the one in the video. You should give it a try
It’s amazing how complicated these recipes can get
This tastes waaay better than Peter Griffins recipe.
This is interesting. I think the clarity is from removing the pectin that comes from the fruit. Same process in mead making
This is great! I was actually discussing to a friend recently about how popular drinks like redbull would taste if homemade. I think I will give it a try.
As always, your videos are the highlight of my notifications!
It is kind of a ginger ale, but with the licorice and ginsing as well, very "root herbal" but the high caffeine, taurine, and B vitamines make it that "energy drink"
making one without the additives and reduced sugar would be nice, the sourness is also there to raise the pH so the acids kill off mold and bacteria, so you could adjust that to taste if you don't plan on it having a really long shelf life.
Taurine actually gives the effect of undoing the "kick" effect of Caffeine. Why not just study the reasons for adding each ingredient first. I bet most of people here don't even know Redbull was formulated by a Thai, not an Austrian. The Austrian businessman was the one who modified the taste to favor westerners more while retaining the formula and introduced it out of Asia.
I've been wanting to try this for years, I think this is the sign for me to finally try it, thanks! Why did you use exactly these herbs and spices? Any specific research sources or did you just guess?
I've heard that Red Bull was inspired by some kind of Indian drink and basically just commercialized for a western audience. Maybe he looked up the original and added the chemicals that are making it 'distinctly Red Bull'.
@@giratina6665The original non-carbonated Syrupy Red Bull is from Thailand 🇹🇭
The syrupy glass bottle one tastes way different than the bubbly soda can one imo
@@giratina6665 you mean Kratin Daeng? I remember hearing this a long time ago. It's actually a Thai drink, not Indian. I just read the Wikipedia page of Kratin Daeng. It literally translates to Red Bull and it was founded in 1975. They even created the Logo l with the 2 bulls. The founder of Red Bull basically stole it 1982when he visited Thailand, as far as I understand.
does anyone know if taurine, caffeine and the vitamin drops affect the taste in any way? i am actually interested in making this because i really like the redbull taste
no idea about taurine, but caffeine tastes bitter so you might need to add some other bitter flavour
Send this to NileRed so he can make redbull again without Caffeine
Lemon citrate medication is what they use for lemon btw. I tested it in my lab taurine burns fat and helps digest it it also helps conver cholesterol into hormones cholesterol can also be converted to thyroid hormones using copper as a catalyst.
1:39 No way mold will ever grow in something containing orange peels and their weight in sugar left on the counter at room temperature...
@LYSYRGIX Bacteria and fungi will not grow once the sugar content exceeds 50%.
You really shouldn't say things like this on an instructional video. Whether it's true or not for most cases, there's going to be a few that fall out of that norm
I wuld say, its very unlikely, that oleo saccharum will go bad easily. A high amount of sugar alone lower the risk of microbial infestation significantly (otherwise honey also wouldn't have that long of a shelf life).
And considering, that the orange and lemon skins still have et least some citric acid, it could slightly increase the acidity of the syrup, which also decrease the possibility of getting bad. Therfore its safe to say, that it's very, very unlikely to get microbial infestation. And if something still happens, you probably are able to see, smell or taste it, if something went wrong.
In the end, its still almost pure sugar with citrus aroma (and a relatively low water content) 😅
Great video. I learned a lot. I am curious if it really is even remotly close to the taste of an energy drink. Your taste disciption about it somehow led me to belief that. Yet I was very surprised that in theory the ingredients feel so "natural" when you do it yourself. This feels like an recipe that you would encounter somewhere on a bazar when traveling 3rd world countries. Some roots, bullsperm and lots of sugar to sell it like lemonade. haha Now, with sugar breaking down the lemon, I finally understand the concept of lemonade. If you would have simply mixed sugar, water and lemons with eachother, you would not get such an intense taste as if you let the sugar react with the lemon first. This can make the great difference in taste. Might seem so obvious, but it still gives me joy to have learned this. Thanks.
How about adding citric acid? (in its synthetic form), to me when I drink Redbull I feel that sour you get on sour sweets, perhaps it could make a difference as opposed to using lemon juice.
Also another thing that came into mind is, if instead of using sugar to extract the oil from oranges you boiled the peels with the "tea" (and added sugar, Also not sure how Caffeine, Tourine and B vitamin react when boiled, so maybe you would have to add it after), you could let it boil for quite a while (~15 minutes) which would extract a lot of flavour, the downside of this would be that since you would have to use the infusion itself you would need a water carbonator, but made me wonder how it would taste.
Citric acid is made from black mould
Does Red Bull not have Guarana in it? It always tasted like Guarana Antarctica which is amazing and very popular in Brazil
No it does not use margurana which is illegallity
I do not care what people say, RedBull is the best tasting. Ive had the pleasure of tasting some without the caffeine and other additives, and always thought it could be its own drink.
MONSTER TASTE BETTER THO
I fricken love the taste of Red Bull. It's almost refreshing.
Red Bull is also one of the only things that will cure my migraines 😏
This is rad! Would zesting the skins of the orange and masticating it with the sugar yield a clearer product?
Macerating would be a lot more hygienic.
Finally, a new video! By the way, I stumbled across your Club Mate recipe, and I make it weekly, only difference is half the sugar!
Interesting vid. Nice job on the home chemistry, man! Well done!
Ok so I’m at 0:44 and that’s just illegal I’m out 🏃♀️ 💨
UK?
Cool video. I'd like a low sugar version of RedBull. Maybe I'll try this. Thank you for the inspiration!!!
Well, I don't know how Red Bull tastes in other countries, but in Brazil the taste is basically guaraná. More specifically Guaraná Antárctica.
Uma Delicia.
You need to get your taste buds checked, because Guaraná (the soda) and Red Bull tastes very differently.
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I believe the beer technique you mentioned is a filtering process using finings which are traditionally made using fish guts which basically gets rid of any haze/impurities the beer may have. However New England IPAs are unfiltered making them organic unless you’re using a seaweed based finning which is vegan friendly.
AWESOME, i cant wait to drink litres of cafeine free redbull. Do you think it would be the same level of difficulty to recreate the flavor of the monster pipeline punch?
About making your drink clear; When I used to make wine I used to "polish" the completed wine which would result in an ultra clear bright finish. It involved using bentonite clay mixed into the wine then sieving through a cloth mesh for a first pass which would leave a bentonite residue on the cloth, takes about thirty minutes for a gallon. Then sieve a second time through the clay coated cloth and the wine becomes polished, takes several hours for the second process. The results are worth it.. Make sure there are no vinegar flies around and cover the filtration set up for hygiene though. Wine polishing kits are available online.
There’s this one channel that has this series called “Make it or Buy it, where they break down the making of common store bought items (like matcha tea, bread, etc…), and one thing they do (that I really appreciate) is they not only break down the making of the item in question, but also break down the cost, effort, and time needed to make the respective thing. It’s really cool that you were able to make Red Bull, but I can’t help but think things like “man, ginseng is so pricey” or “oh, but I really like (X) flavor”. You’ve listed the ingredients, shown the process, but haven’t discussed the price or whether the drink is worth making at home or not. I haven’t checked the video description at this time, so maybe the prices are listed there and I could just decide for myself if this is worth making, but it’s a short step of effort that would certainly be worth including IMO. Don’t get me wrong, it’s really cool that you were able to make something comparable to the original, and I might just try making it myself… assuming I don’t need to sell my soul to get some ginseng lol.
channel name?
@@mdashiqurrahmanbayezid5037cooking with Kian or date night kitchen
I believe you pointed to the juice, not to the oil part of the citrus. Good on you for knowing about oleo saccharum
Would love to get your take on a Dr. Pepper recipe, the ones I've seen are a bit off the mark.
When you think about it, red bull is actually such a clever name. Red AND Bull? 🤯
If you say it quick it sounds like rebel like its naughty to drink
Would be just as well if anyone left out the licorice root due to the glycyrrhizin content and potential side effects. Especially if someone decides they really like this home brew and intend to make it often.
Very interesting, a fancy tea.
Looking at the other videos here, liquid icecream, subscribing.
Nice info, check this out. It’s Lipovitan diluted with carbonated water. Used to get it as a kid in the Asian markets. Twenty plus years later when I tasted my first Red Bull, it was unmistakable. Red Bull stole the recipe
Nice find! Lipovitan was introduced in Thailand in the 1960s and evolved into Red Bull. A Thai businessman tweaked the taste of taurine and named the drink Krating Daeng, which translates to Red Bull. Dietrich Mateschitz developed Red Bull in Austria in 1987, based on the Thai drink.
@@adityagarg190It was called cremola foam before that.
A pharmaceutical turned into a commonplace grocery item. I heard years ago that Red Bull was tested on soldiers for enhanced stamina but they dropped it after finding that taurine was too dangerous.
Make your own, know what every ingredient can do if taken in excess...... Avoid drinking acidic stuff from aluminium can.....some big advantages 😎
Very informative content, everything you say carries weight - I enjoy how you include steps like reusing the strainer and orange peels for the leftover syrup - that functional transparency is appreciated
He was just too lazy to clean it...
What do you mean if you wait longer you will get mold. Last time I checked heavy sugar like sale is a preservative absorbing water out of an item
Only if there is no water left. Like crystallized ginger and other "candied" things you get at the grocery store. In the bowl, where he is leeching the water out of the fruit, there is still plenty of water present to keep it liquified. So if he left it in the fridge toooo long, it would get moldy.
Same if you were salting cod for baccala or beef for beef jerky. You have to get all the moisture out, otherwise it will spoil. You can see this with authentic parmesean cheese grated from a big cheese wheel (not that junk stuff full of fillers and anti-caking agents in the green bottles in the store). You can store it in your cupboard because of how low the moisture content is. Even though it's cheese, you don't have to refrigerate it.
4:30 "Original Red Bull" looked like the Austrian knock-off. The original Red Bull from Thailand is sweet, with less tartness or bitterness. Quite a different flavour profile but you can tell the family resemblance.
it's not a knock off, that's so bizarre to say
the Thai inventor teamed up with the Austrian guy
I just want to make this without the taurine and caffeine and see if the taste is close enough, because i love the taste of Red Bull, but i hate the effects of caffeine
This is so cool. I start work at 5am, so I’m a huge fan of energy drinks…Red Bull makes me gag a bit, so I think the homemade version sounds a bit better, honestly. It looks better, too! I love the idea of playing around with fruit flavors a bit, and customizing it to taste.
Would be best to stay away from that poison burns your pee
Just don't drink Red Bull, it sucks.
Red bull tastes awesome. Look I'm drinking a can right now.
@@sentinel_nightcrawler it makes your urine smell horrible and even burns. Very unhealthy..
@@sentinel_nightcrawlerYeah I hate almost all energy drinks for the taste but red bull is really nice for me , especially with a ton of ice in it , but then again I only drink it when coming out of a hangover so what do I know
Taurine with caffeine has been discussed in a few studies as modulating the cardiovascular effect of caffeine. Not sure if a mechanism was ever found and I don’t remember how strong the effect was observed to be.
That explains, why i always have that sour orange-ish taste while drinking red bull. Explains alot, thanks mate.
Lol, not really. I worked in the production facility of redbull, mixing the components, and I can tell you the recipe in the video is complete nonsense lmao.
@@datarake7222oh rly? Can and would you tell what is in it?
i only taste lemon no orange
it probably tasted sorta like emergen-c because of the sparkling water ratio. I wonder if less carbonated water, and more clarification of the color would help it more closely taste like actual red bull.
Who peels an orange with a knife?
a lot of people.
Yer mum
everyone...? 😂 at least everyone i know
I never used a knife, I always used my hands
Oh you’re stupid
I appreciate the science behind why something happens (like the sugar in the peels). Cause I hate doing things in recipes (and life) when I don't know why.
A quick reminder, most commercially available citrus nowadays has chemicals and waxes added to the peel to extend shelf life, therefore unless you take steps to remove the chemicals beforehand, they are not safe for consumption.
Boiling it should fix that problem but yeah lots of shit on em
Or buy organic
Side note, when you're dealing with anything that's a dust or particulate, you should be wearing a respirator as well.
what was the edit at 1:17 ?
schizoid
This is ideal for making redbull cocktails without all of the heart-attack risk of mixing alcohol and caffeine
WE STILL HAVE SPARKS
It's less exciting without the risk and potential stroke though
This would be really cool as a cocktail syurp to play around with and make diffrent drinks.
It’s just caffeinated canal water.
The ginseng was left whole when you cooked it. Try slicing or crushing the ginseng, to release more compounds. The skin is tough and papery, trapping the good part of ginseng inside.
Redbull has a very exotic note in edibles: animalic. It tastes like the deer musk commonly used in perfumery.
What I get in redbull is vanillin, caramel, citrics and this musk as DNA (identity).
Would they use the malic acid and citric acid to extract the peels like you did as well as sugar? Super juice video described the same thing which might account for the taste discrepancy.
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Emergency tablets tastes absolutely nothing like red bull.😂
if you try to peel the oranges lightly, so you have hardly any white stuff on the back, the drink would be way less bitter.
I really wish redbull had a "not an energy drink thats pretty bad for you" and offer it in a soda form thats "about as bad as any other soda" but holds the same flavor as the energy drink. I love the smoothness of RB and the flavor/smell.
mfer if you say basically, actually, or specifically one more time, I swear to god..
I feel the same way as you…basically
@GD-tn3ez can you be more specific?
@@ivan-j4l9x basically, no.
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Actually... nevermind. 🤭
As a working class man that’s heavily abused energy drinks for more than a decade I can say the best way to go is just get enough sleep. But if you’re looking for something a little less condescending that’s still practical and saves you lots of money, grocery store brand caffeine pills and ice water.
2:30 wear gloves? Aren’t you about to ingest this drink?
im addicted to red bull, i have one or two everyday at work.
Enjoy moderately
Unless you want a heart attack or two at work two
Try... diluting it
Who are you to tell me, ill have a heart attack if i want! 🤣@@Krisjoverovovejovovichtski
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You did NOT rinse your mouth between tastings. Also, you should've used another person unaware of the test in process!
crazy. i was thinking about my budget a couple days ago and i thought to myself "i should try to make my own red bull" because i do buy it semi-often. then this popped up on me feed
Surprisingly alot more healthy than I thought!
Pro tip. Ginseng needs to be put to a boil then simmered for about an hour if you want to fully extract it. I’m sure that’s part of the whole red bull gives you wings thing. It also needs to be cut up, was hard to see if that was done in the video. Might have helped add more medicinal type flavour to the re-creation.
Man I used to love the old Red Bull Cola that they sold for a while. I remember seeing a flyer about it and all the different herbs and spices they used, cola and clove and mustard and all this
You should try to recreate that!
I feel like I've seen this in a nile red video before, this is also pretty awesome!
Taurine is really good for you. It supports the heart and Brain. Also helps nerves.
Really interesting topic. Good video. 💪🙂👍
do you leave the peels with sugar overnight in the fridge or in room temp?
I was looking into one of the ingredients because I’m extremely addicted to the point I get migraines and become very bitter without it. It seems one of its ingredients is also an ingredient in industrial glue which may explain the addiction.
Keep up the good quality uploads 👌🏼
Appreciated the taurine factoid I didn't know.
I'm actually very curious to know what the flavor is of Yellow (tropical) red bull is because it is my favorite drink flavor but I can't discern exactly what it is besides sour and citrus.
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your home made version of red bull could be like the first original hand made red bull.
Great video, Got to the Recipe, To making The Drink, To the Test so smoothly and quickly. You earned my sub Good Sir.
That was energetic. I love it
Taurine is also found in milk, plants, and meat. It is bitter and has almost no taste if it even has one. Its often added to food because it is believed that the extra taurine not already produced by the body aids in digestion.
This would be good with out caffeine?
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing this! I drink Red Bull (far too) frequently, it's certainly helpful to know exactly what the ingredients look like before they're mixed!
My question is: COULD you omit the caffeine, and just create a Red Bull-flavoured drink without the harmful energy effects? Also, would this need to be carbonated?
Caffeine is not harmful and does not cause stress or anxiety as long as you consume it with calories and keep it
the flavor of red bull actually comes from an very specific fruit from the amazon and a lot of deep south american countries have their own energy drink based on it
If you chop up the roots you'll get more of their flavor rather than leaving them whole
Redbull is the best drink for its unique flavor and light carbonation
Tastes like candy honestly, tickles the tongue, and I feel the caffeine after the first couple sips. I’m a late night bartender and this is my fuel to succeed.