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?
Ooooh, this would be so awesome! I want one too!
I haven’t seen these but if you get one I’d be interested in how they work.
Generally retro stores or ebay!
Williams-Sonoma has them.
I have no affiliation with these guys, but they’re online: http://www.seltzerdispenser.com/
thanks!! Will look into it. Found some on Amazon – so far so good!
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
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!
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.
The soda stream is pretty pricey – perhaps wait for it to come down in price to make it economical…
There is more info on Soda Siphons at http://www.SodaSiphon.com