#diy soda

[miochimochi]

Something bars often use, although rarely make for themselves, is simple syrup: 1 part water, 1 part sugar, mix on heat until fully combined, cook a little more, and you're done! For soda syrups, you want to take into account what ingredients you're using. Everything will have sugars, but it's fruits that really have a lot of sugar naturally in them and so should be taken into account. A cup of water is 237g. A cup of sugar is 200g. 237:200 is the ratio, you can't simplify it further without going into decimals.

The sugar in fruits varies quite a bit, so you have to kinda approximate and then adjust how much added sugar you put in to accommodate. The numbers below assume a medium sized fruit (unless otherwise stated):

Banana 14g

Apple 20g

Orange 12g

Pear 17g

Lemon 2.5g

Lime 1g

1c of sliced Strawberries 8g

1c of Blueberries 15g

1c of Blackberries 7g

1c of Raspberries 5.5g

I would also recommend holding off on the caffeine for any syrup until you figure out the ratio of syrup to water mixture for any syrup you make, some sodas need more syrup than others to taste their best. Once you got the water:syrup ratio figured out, then you can figure out the ratio of caffeine you can add. Always add the caffeine at the end of syrup cooking and, for your own health's sake, measure it carefully and don't taste the syrup after putting it in. Soda making is a lot of trial and error so don't get discouraged if you make a bad syrup, just tweak it and try again 👌

How to DIY energy drinks for cheap

First, required reading: link to article

Energy drinks have a few vital components:

>sweetener

>flavor

>water

>caffeine

>bubbles (i never do that and don't know how)

Here are some of my favorite things to use:

>granulated sugar (sweetener)

>stevia leaf or granulated artificial sweetener (sweetener)

>kool aid (flavor, sweetener)

>loose-leaf herbs (flavor) (try hibiscus petal, chicory, even lemongrass and mint can be nice)

>lemon juice (flavor, preservative)

>kool aid (easiest flavor/sweetener combo)

Supplies you might need:

>kettle or pot for heating water

>tea strainer ball to keep your leaves out of the final product

>a nice ragu jar or old Gatorade bottle for pre-made stuff

>funnel for pourin

>ladle for scooping liquid into the funnel

Kaffn-8 or any other such liquid caffeine product will do you for caffeine. That brand is super easy and convenient. Kaffn-8 is my favorite for the quality and ease in dosing, as well as the value (15 bucks has lasted me 2 months of daily use).

I like to make a sugar-flavor concentrate, then assemble each glass as I need it. Sugar tastes better when melted with heat than when dissolved without heat, even once chilled. This also allows me to tweak caffeine content. Here is how to make it:

Fill tea ball with herbs (use about a handful or 1/2 cup for every quart of water, you're making it strong)

Heat water and pop the tea ball in

Simmer or keep hot for 10 min

Remove tea ball and turn off heat

While hot, add as much sugar as you had herbs, and mix until melted.

Mix in as much lemon juice (or other assorted acid or preservative) as you can stand. The more preservative, the longer it'll keep

Allow to cool enough to handle

Jar it up, put it in the fridge for later use. You can and should re-use all manner of bottle, just be wary of melting anything plastic or burning your hands w hot water.

A note: the smaller your batches, the less you waste. But high concentrations of acid and sugar keep it good for up to a month in the fridge.

To use: mix water in a cup with your syrup, tweaking concentrations until it tastes good. Add caffeine, measuring your dose carefully.

Then, do bubble magic to add carbonation if you can do that. Maybe you found a soda stream somewhere. If you don't have bubbles, you'll just have to enjoy your energy drinks flat.

And, you're all done!

Now, where to get everything:

(Grow your own herbs if you are mega brave. Mints are nearly indestructible little plants.)

Lemon juice, dollar store. Quality is the same, you've just got to shake it up.

if its a foreign grocer, they likely have herbs cheap. If its a Mexican grocery, they 100% have the best herbs. (Aguasfrescas drink mixes are cheap and THE BOMB, and hibiscus flower always comes in mega bulk) .

Herbalist and spiritual shops have herbs too, and are likely to have tea balls. Branch out! Catnip has been my favorite oddball herb.

Farmers markets also have some (like three if you're lucky) herbs, and you may have to dry them yourself. Since it's punk to reach out to your community, ask around at the farmers market to see if you can get any herb or dried flavorant that's on your mind- small businesses love consumer feedback! You just might have to wait for the plant to grow, heh, but if you're friendly then you'll make friends. Some examples: ask the jam bottler for dried fruit peels, the farmer for mugwort

I get my artificial sweeteners on closeout, my stevia from herbal shops, and my sugar at Walmart (bite me, its cheap and I'm poor).

Kaffn-8 can only be found online, as far as I'm aware. I promise I'm not sponsored, just a grateful caffeine addict.

Do Google your herbs for drug interactions if you take meds. Healthline has good info on herbs. Dried grapefruit rind can mess with my psych meds, for example.

Again, be careful about caffeine. Always dose your caffeine. Having high levels of caffeine on tap is a bit of a big responsibility: I know I nearly bit the dirt from the all-you-can-eat espresso bar at my college. Immaturity could kill you, caffeine is a drug. Count doses, never go above 500 a day, try not to go more than 200 in the same hour.

Now take that money you've saved and give it to a charity to blow a very mean raspberry at nestle. Or, yknow, feed yourself. Its a tough world.

[xxx-ang3l-w1th-a-sh0tgun-xxx]

i made a soda/can tab chain!! this took FOREVER but it was worth it as it looks cool :)

i used 4 tabs per link and the whole thing took 92 tabs total (around 37cm long, not including keychains/carabiner clips)

inspired by this video by @/somniphobiac on tiktok

[xxyamaxx]

Would you guys buy my water bottle for free

Here’s the full design:

The fruits belong to @atypical-artisan! ദ്ദി・ᴗ・)✧

[soursugxr]

YOUR BOY IS COOKING AGAIN

YOU CANNOT KEEP ME OUT OF THE KITCHEN

THE POP TAB ARMOR IS FINALLY DONE

It took an actual month but it’s finally done. I wore it to school today and the vice principal said it was cool, so I feel very good about myself.

I also made these

I call them my garbage boots and they’re full of staples and shitty sewing, I love them so so much.

They’re very loud.

I have a video of me showing them off but said video also shows my face. And my messy ass room.

[selfmedblves]

Soda Tab Bracelets

Alright. Because I got a lot of people asking how I made my soda tab bracelet. Here's a full guide how to make soda tab bracelets.

Why make a soda tab bracelet?

Soda tabs bracelets are easy to make and cheap as well. Soda tabs are often thrown out or wasted so you put them to good use by creating something out of them. They're also easy to find. Even in smaller towns, an hour walk can bring you back with 20 tabs if you know where to look. Dumpsters, trash cans, recycling bins, and parking lots are good places to look. It's easy to get the soda tabs too. Just move the tab back and forth until it pops off. Because of how cheap they are to make, and the color variations of soda tabs, they can make great gifts.

What you will need:

Soda tabs

Scissors

To start off with your bracelet, you will need to grab a soda tab and cut into it with a pair of scissors. Because aluminum is a very maluable metal, you don't need a heavy duty pair of scissors. Safety scissors work just fine.

After you have done this to 3-5 tabs, stack them together to create one link. Make sure the have the smooth part of the soda tabs facing outwards on both sides to not cause discomfort.

Cut more tabs, stack them, and then link them up to the other link. The aluminum is maluable, so you can move the aluminum apart to link them.

Keep repeating this until you have a chain long enough to wrap around your wrist.

To put it on, connect the ends to each other. Congrats, you now have a soda tab bracelet!

[imthere4yuu]

Early pictures of my completed battle vest!!!

I was extremely proud of this! I spent years collecting the patches and pins, i was gifted some vintage Leather merch from my Dad, and i really turned this into something I really love wearing!

I love the uneven dye job, my salvaged back patches from my first battle vest, and the soda tabs-I get lots and lots of comments on those and the Spongebob and "Stop Looking At My Button" pins The back patch was hand painted by me (acrylic on salvaged clothing), as well as all of the patches on the front of the vest, and everything is hand stitched because I don't own a sewing machine.

Yes! The spikes on the shoulders are ordinary screws! Yes! I do poke myself on them, but it's rare, and usually happens because I am speaking and gesturing very animatedly (I'm a rather outgoing person) The screws make it a little tougher to give hugs, but alas I suffer the consequences of sexiness *overdramatic swoon*

This vest has changed a little as i've worn it, and does need some little repairs here and there, but it's one of my biggest personal and artistic accomplishments! I started a small (very very very small) business commissioning these as well as selling individual patches and accessories-I'm slowly but surely setting up my side blog over at @youvegotmoxie!

thank you for reading <3

~Moxie Joy

[froggyforest]

I wanted a spiked choker for a long time. I recently found out that you can make spikes out of soda cans so I made myself a choker out of a can and old jeans

[somedudewithantlers]

would probably take a while to acquire enough tabs but gold & black r the most common colors i have (besides basic silver) so it’s definitely doable

[dogwoods-fashion-blog]

New addition for my jacket :)

[jupiterisaroace]

Heacanon

All the Hooklings (Harriet, Harry, CJ, everyone in the Hook blood line) has a necklace & they collect random soda can tags as little treasures

(Inspired by my necklace irl)

[inga-don-studio]

Carbonation angel

AKA the first thing you see after nearly drowning while being attacked by an entire room of evil killer grampa clones

[jasperthehatchet]

I made some solarpunk soda tab jewelry!! Again. And I'm making more. (Image ID at the bottom of he post)

A choker, a pair of earrings, a belt/waist chain and some bracelets using 100% thrifted/recycled materials! The choker and the bracelets have two layers so that the sharp aluminum edges on the back of the tabs aren't making contact with skin, you can kinda see it in the pictures. Here are more pictures:

[Image ID: 8 images. The first one shows a choker made out of soda tabs, with black cord weaved through it forming x shapes. There's a silver spike charm hanging from every other tab about an inch apart from each other. Im in the picture wearing the choker, my face is not in frame but my pale as fuck neck is visible and so is my dark brown hair.

The second image shows a pair of clip-on earrings laying on a sage green background. Each earring is made of 6 soda tabs weaved into a flower shape with green yarn, and three dangles hanging from the bottom. The dangles are made of a wire link with a black bead on in and a silver spike charm hanging from that. The same spike charms I used for the choker.

The third image shows a 2 ft 7 inch long belt chain made of the soda tab flowers from the earring image. Each flower is made of six tabs weaved together with the same green yarn but they yarn fades to yellow towards the end of the chain. 16 soda tab flowers are linked together with large jump rings and there are large silver clasps on each end to attach to a belt.

The forth image is my hand wearing a black compression brace and two soda tab bracelets. They are weaved together the same way as the choker, with the cord forming x shapes, but the cord is orange and not black. The bracelets are the same size, 8 inches long when laying flat including the clasp. There are two layers of soda tabs which makes the bracelet a little thicker.

The next 2 images shows a dress form wearing the belt chain from two different angles. It had a black skirt with a soda tab belt, with various spikey chains hanging from it. There's a black strip of grommet tape hanging on the right side of the belt and my soda tab flower belt chain hanging on the left side.

The next image shows one of the bracelets at and angle so the double layers are visible, and the last image shows the bracelets, the choker, and an unfinished soda tab choker with green ribbon weaved through it all laying flat on a sage green background. End ID]

[xxx-ang3l-w1th-a-sh0tgun-xxx]

just finished making this can tab bracelet!

i think I'm in my DIY era

this was super fun and only needed 7 tabs !

[asherraccoon]

Made a soda tab choker!!

I have so many soda tabs dude 😭

[moxxiesblog]

@sapphicwitch behold my custom colored Agathario soda tabs

[seraphs-grace]

Christmas present I made for my cousin, earrings of some little dudes I saw on Pinterest.