# Cola

A dark carbonated soft drink whose caramel, citrus-spice flavour, phosphoric acidity, sweetness, and caffeine make it a distinctive cocktail lengthener.

Alcohol: 0% ABV

## Cocktails

- [Batanga](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/batanga.md): Blanco tequila, fresh lime, salt, and cane-sugar cola make a vivid Jalisco highball whose agave, citrus, and savoury edge remain unmistakable.
- [Cuba Libre](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cuba-libre.md): Fresh lime turns a rum and cola into a brighter, drier highball, sharpening the cane spirit and cola spice instead of merely decorating them.
- [Fernandito](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fernandito.md): Argentina’s beloved Fernet-and-cola highball puts Fernet-Branca’s menthol, saffron, and bitter herbs against cola’s dark citrus and caramel.
- [Kalimotxo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kalimotxo.md): Young red wine and cola meet as equals in a cold Basque long drink, where tannin, dark fruit, caramel, and phosphoric bite make more sense together than reputation suggests.
- [Piscola](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/piscola.md): Chilean pisco and cola make a direct national highball in which fragrant grape spirit cuts cleanly through caramel, citrus, spice, and fizz.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cola
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/cola-a77f51ce.webp
- Source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-792