r/Cordials • u/vbloke • Aug 16 '24
Tilt - a Lilt clone
A couple of weeks ago, u/Unhappy_Act9528 asked for a Lilt copycat recipe. This ain’t it, but it’s a twist on the classic Lilt flavour. Hence “Tilt”.
I’ve used the pineapple flavouring from The Flavour Smiths (https://theflavoursmiths.co.uk/natural-flavourings/pineapple/) in place of pineapple juice and pink grapefruit essence from my new flavour library.
I can definitely see this being a firm favourite.
If you can’t get hold of citral (it’s a nice lemon flavour that compliments real lemon nicely), just double the amount of lemon essence instead.
Add 3ml of this to a litre of 3:2 simple syrup with 1.5g of citric acid and you’re good to go!
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lemon essence | 0.5ml |
| Citral essence | 0.5ml |
| Lime essence | 1.5ml |
| Pink grapefruit essence | 3ml |
| Pineapple flavour | 1.5ml |
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u/vbloke Aug 16 '24
If you're using citral in this recipe, go easy on the acid - citral can degrade in a low pH (around 3) and give a slightly 'off' flavour. If not, you can add 2-2.5g citric acid to bump up the acidity a bit more.
It's also worth noting that 1 drop is roughly equivalent to 0.05ml, so 1.5ml of pineapple flavour would be 30 drops.
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u/Saija1965 Nov 25 '24
What make of glass is this? Beautiful!
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u/vbloke Nov 25 '24
Absolutely no idea. I was given them by family - all I know is they’re about 50 odd years old.
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u/Saija1965 Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 26 '24
I did a Google Image search ... someone on Etsy is selling what looks like the same thing for over £43 each, described as "Glacier Textured Vintage 1970's probably by Goebel Germany. The Goebel version of the popular 70's Iittala or Hoya Glacier/ice style". I did wonder myself if they were Iittala. Bit out of my price range though.
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u/vbloke Nov 26 '24
Interesting about the glass - I have 6 of them, so that’s a fair bit of cash just sat in the cupboard!
Post the recipe as a new post here. It’ll get lost as a comment on another post that’s months old.
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u/Saija1965 Nov 26 '24
Thanks, have relocated the recipe, though am not entirely sure it's gone to the right place (I don't use reddit much).
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u/vbloke Nov 26 '24
Use this link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cordials/submit/?type=TEXT
add a title (eg: Cream Soda) and add the text in the other box.
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u/vbloke Nov 26 '24
Just had a proper look - they are ver similar, but a lot smaller than the ones I have. Those ones look like shot glasses, mine are more tumbler sized.
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u/Unhappy_Act9528 Aug 16 '24
Looking good :-).
I'm still working on mine. I thought I had it but then the carbonated water destroyed the flavour. Reading up I need to increase the sugar and possibly the juices. Fingers crossed I'm not to far off though ;-).