In the latest Overwatch animated short, Shooting Star, we finally get a glimpse into the past of our favorite MEKA pilot, D.Va. After a narrow victory defending South Korea from the Gwishin Omnics, there is a sudden unexpected attack that forces D.Va, the only MEKA pilot available, to defend her country by herself. Outnumbered but not outmatched, she works with her friend to eliminate the invading menace by overloading her MEKA’s core and saving Busan once more.
As a huge fan of D.Va, I’m happy to get a bit more insight into her past. It was also really nice to see the inspiration for her ultimate move she has available in game. I know these animated shorts take time to make but I do hope to see a lot more of these from Blizzard. I love the characters in the game and the more lore about the world the happier I am. Who are you hoping to see more information about? I have my fingers crossed that the next character to be focused on is Lucio.
Out of all the characters in Overwatch, D.Va is the character that best represents esports. Blizzard even added a legendary emote of her gaming and chowing down on D.Va chips and some cola. I have previously made a batch of D.Va chips and now I get to finally make its partnering drink, Nano Cola. I’ve wanted to make the drink for some time now, but I fortunately waited long enough to have direction from Blizzard’s short, the Busan map, and concept art about D.Va. Homemade soda might seem intimidating but it is not too bad. You will need to create the citrus syrup base and the final steps are to mix it with some club soda, citric acid, and ice. If you don’t want the drink to be overly sour, reduce or completely remove the citric acid. Just keep in mind that you’ll lose some of the bite that you usually get from soda if you do.
Ingredients:
Citrus Syrup
1 cup water
1 ½ cups sugar
2 lemon, juice (⅓ cup) and 4 peels
4 lime, juice (⅓ cup) and 5 peels
½ orange, juice (¼ cup) and 1 peel
3 slices of ginger
2 drops neon green food dye
2 tsp lemon extract
Soda (per serving)
1 ¼ cup club soda
7-9 tbsp citrus syrup
1 tsp citric acid
ice
Combine the water, sugar, lemon peels, lime peels, orange peel, and ginger in a saucepan. Place over medium-high heat. Whisk until the sugar has dissolved and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain into an airtight container. Add the lemon, lime, and orange juice. Mix in the food dye and lemon extract. Allow to cool.
Once cooled, cover, and store in refrigerator for at least 12 hours and up to 2 weeks.
To make a serving, combine the syrup, citric acid, and ice in a cup. Pour in the club soda and stir.
Nano Cola
Ingredients
Citrus Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 lemon, juice (1/3 cup) and 4 peels
- 4 lime, juice (1/3 cup) and 5 peels
- 1/2 orange, juice (1/4 cup) and 1 peel
- 3 slices of ginger
- 2 drops neon green food dye
- 2 tsp lemon extract
Soda (per serving)
- 1 1/4 cups club soda
- 7-9 tbsp citrus syrup
- 1 tsp citric acid
- ice
Instructions
- Combine the water, sugar, lemon peels, lime peels, orange peel, and ginger in a saucepan. Place over medium-high heat. Whisk until the sugar has dissolved and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain into an airtight container. Add the lemon, lime, and orange juice. Mix in the food dye and lemon extract. Allow to cool.
- Once cooled, cover, and store in refrigerator for at least 12 hours and up to 2 weeks.
- To make a serving, combine the syrup, citric acid, and ice in a cup. Pour in the club soda and stir.
Wow, that’s great! How can I get this coke can?
My husband actually made it digitally. He did a great job of making it look like a real can.
That looks suspiciously like Mountain Dew.
Still, I must assume that it’s good.
A lot of the inspiration for this drink’s color came from Mountain Dew. This homemade version is much lighter and a bit more refreshing than the store bought soda.
1 what is club soda … is it a soda you got there in USA
2 citric acid is it can be made in home or must get it from store
Club soda is a carbonated water. The brand I typically find in my grocery store is Cananda Dry. For each serving of Nano Cola I use one of that.
Citric acid is powder that is used often in jarring and will add a very acidic (sour) flavor to the drink. The specific one I use is Ball Jar Citric Acid. This can be left out but it really adds a nice sour punch to the drink.
because i m Tunisian so i don’t have thous Brands but thank for info so any carbonated water is ok ( we have loot of brands ) but i think i have to look for the Citric acid brands here
Another option would be to add so extra lemon juice (or additional lemon extract) to the syrup. Honestly the drink would be pretty good without the citric acid just not as sour. I’ve found with a few recipes now that citric acid increases the sour levels.
If it is difficult to fine the drink should be fine without it just a bit less sour.
1 is the club soda is a brand in USA
2 citric acid is it can be made in home or get from store
Hi! Its almost Halloween and I will be cosplaying as D.va! I noticed you said your husband made a realistic looking Nano Cola can!! I was wondering could you possibly send me a Nano Cola label? I would really love to glue it to a can so it looks like I’m drinking it, I can’t find one anywhere on the internet ! <3 Love, D.va
Hey! Could you email me at [email protected] and I can get the file to you that way?
If you want to give this drink a glow, I would suggest you use a teaspoon of Riboflavin and stir it before you use a black light. Doesn’t that sound cool?
Oh that is interesting. I’ve never worked with riboflavin before but shall keep that in mind.
Hi! I loved the recipee and wanted to try making it, also with the can of D.va’s Nano Cola, i haven’t find a label anywhere and i noticed your husband made a realisitic looking can of it, also i read someone already asked you about this but, i was wondering if it’ll be possible that you could send me the Nano Cola label? I loved how it looked :3
This is the image he used: https://i.imgur.com/uhQ2Qm6.png