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This local Los Angeles coffee shop makes this really incredible sparkling espresso drink or a sparkling coffee and I just had to figure out how they made it. So I just asked. Here's the story...

I was making my Fake Coke Video (   • Why Drink Fake Coke? | Real Coke vs Fake Coke  ) and trying to understand why someone would add balsamic vinegar to soda water, and at that time walked into Blackwood, a coffee shop on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, CA. Making conversation with the barista after ordering the sparkling espresso, I said, "so if it's not a trade secret, how do you make this? Totally understand if you can't tell me..." And they did. They said steeped coffee and balsamic vinegar. I replied, "You mean just like the Fake coke trend?" She laughed and said yeah. I was a little surprised, but with that I found this recipe from Saveur (https://www.saveur.com/coffee-shrub-s...) and tried it a few times, and made some minor adjustments. And I didn't feel you needed to add the sweetener, but you can. I have tried it with maple syrup.

Recipe
1 cup or ~82 g ground coffee
1 cup or 250 g balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup or ~80 g water
(I read that a cup of balsamic vinegar ranges from 230-250g, I figured the higher number would allow for more flavor and the weird math person in me wants to say a recipe of 80g/240g/80g would be a nice way to remember it.)

Add to container and let sit on counter or fridge anywhere from 6 hours to 24 (I read on Reddit by Holly Bastin an AMA that said the sweet spot for ice coffee steeping is 18 hours, so take that for what it's worth.)

After the steeping overnight, make the drink by adding ice to a glass, adding 3 tbsp of the mixture (or as Blackwood would call "the coffee elixir") and 6 oz of sparkling water (I used lime, but plain is what Blackwood Coffee uses.)

Experiment with the ratio but I found a 1:2 elixir to soda water worked for me. Try it stronger or weaker and with a sweetener.
Enjoy!

Like, subscribe, and comment, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the drink and what coffee drink you've tried. Always open to hearing from you all!

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Special thanks to Adam Rosenberg-Wolf for all your help!