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Effervescing Draught

A drink made by mixing citric acid and soda carbonate in water to create effervescence.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Effervescing Draught

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the powders

  1. Pulverize the citric acid and divide it into 24 small packages.

  2. Pulverize the sub-carbonate of soda and divide it into 24 small packages.

Make the draught

  1. When ready to prepare, put the carbonate into a tumbler half filled with water.

  2. In another tumbler, dissolve the citric acid in an equal amount of water.

  3. Combine the two mixtures and drink while effervescing.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Citric acid
Provides the sour acidity and reacts with the carbonate to release carbon dioxide bubbles.
Sub-carbonate of soda
Reacts with the citric acid to release carbon dioxide, producing the effervescence.

The step that matters

Combine the two mixtures and drink while effervescing.. The fizzing comes from the acid and carbonate reacting when mixed. The reaction is fast, so the two solutions should be combined and drunk immediately, before the carbon dioxide escapes and the drink goes flat.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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