WANTED: Italian Soda Maker – SodaStream or Soda Siphon?
They other day I saw a giveaway for an Italian Soda Maker and I was immediately smitten. It was for the Penguin by SodaStream. With this soda maker, you add a glass bottle, some flat water, and a CO2 cartridge and voila – fizzy water.
I have been making syrups lately (like amaretto caramel and blackberry cordial) and I also see blueberry infused vodka and limoncello in my very near future. While I love making soda with these delightful syrups, I find the whole process of soda so wasteful – cans and bottles to recycle, and lots of flat soda poured down the sink.
I can definitely see myself loving a soda maker, but I do wonder how well they work and how economical they are. I’ve been hunting for the more traditional soda siphon or seltzer bottles as well but so far they are hard to find.
Does anyone out there have one? How do you like it and where can I get one?
Tags: soda
August 31 2010 10:44 am | Projects
meemsnyc on 31 Aug 2010 at 12:31 pm #
Ooooh, this would be so awesome! I want one too!
Jolinda on 31 Aug 2010 at 2:23 pm #
I haven’t seen these but if you get one I’d be interested in how they work.
petegoodlet on 31 Aug 2010 at 4:16 pm #
Generally retro stores or ebay!
powervicky on 31 Aug 2010 at 5:24 pm #
Williams-Sonoma has them.
gardenfix on 31 Aug 2010 at 5:25 pm #
I have no affiliation with these guys, but they’re online: http://www.seltzerdispenser.com/
Stevie on 31 Aug 2010 at 8:31 pm #
thanks!! Will look into it. Found some on Amazon – so far so good!
Rosey on 01 Sep 2010 at 2:01 am #
My brothers and I bought one for my Dad for Father’s Day and he loves it. He is diabetic and loves to drink diet soda. He got the Soda Stream. I hope you love whatever you decided to purchase!
Rosey
Stevie on 01 Sep 2010 at 8:12 am #
Hi Rosey, I never thought of using it without sugar – but I suppose I could even use stevia or agave syrup which is healthier than sugar. Thanks for the input!
Gillian on 02 Sep 2010 at 4:01 pm #
Stevie, we have a sodastream which makes about a litre of soda, and if you get one, make sure you use chilled water – it seems to keep the aeration better. I add passionfruit juice to it -half and half and it is yummy.
William on 03 Oct 2010 at 6:57 am #
The soda stream is pretty pricey – perhaps wait for it to come down in price to make it economical…
Soda Siphon on 16 Oct 2010 at 4:13 pm #
There is more info on Soda Siphons at http://www.SodaSiphon.com