Comments on: Make your own bubbly–water, that is

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:30:02 +0000

In answer to whether you can make your own cava with a soda stream the answer (as I found out last night) is a resounding YES!

By: outdoorgrrl

outdoorgrrl — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:03:39 +0000

I’ve been looking for something like this for my husband for Christmas. This will definitely fit the bill. Thanks for sharing your success with the fizzerator!

If anyone is planning on buying one, here are two other coupon codes I had good luck with: FREEMIX (1 free bottle of flavoring) and KOA ($30 off the cost of a new machine).

Cheers!

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:15:11 +0000

I LOVE my soda maker… I even make ginger syrup so my girls can have gingerale…

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:32:30 +0000

Thanks Thom, you’re no doubt right about 80 coal fired power plants. But Americans did buy $15 billion of bottled water last year and it got hauled all over the country by trucks!

Glad you like it Richard and Jeff!

Mark – the gauntlet has been thrown. The only trouble is that if I sparkle a wine that was nasty to begin with, then won’t it just be nasty sparkling wine? Maybe I need one of those $300 wand things that claims to turn a $10 wine into a $100 wine?!?

Is anybody else seeing a google ad on the sidebar for Fiji water? How ironic!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:26:44 +0000

Very neat device. It adds a certain satisfaction found only in making something yourself. I’m sure it’s much the same feeling as an ice cream, rice, or bread maker. You should definitely try it on the still wine, see what happens, at worst you’re down a bottle.

By: gary

gary — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:22:06 +0000

Looks interesting. We go through a lot of Pellagrino and even at Costco it adds up.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:57:09 +0000

I’m an avid drinker of sparkling water and have been a SodaClub member for almost two years now. It’s much less expensive than buying bottled at the store and so much more convenient – sitting right on the kitchen counter! And CO2 replacement gas cartridges delivered right to the door.

By: Mark Ashley

Mark Ashley — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:18:18 +0000

I request … nay, insist! … that you start making your own sparkling wines and report the results here.

Sparkling Two-Buck Chuck, coming right up!

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:03:50 +0000

Soda Stream have actually been around for a long time. I remember we had one at home in England when I was a kid – 30 years ago now. We never used it for carbonating water of course, just for making sodas. I would imagine the technology has improved but they were pretty good even back then. Have you tried carbonating a really dry white wine? I guess that would be a little gross…

By: Thom Calabrese

Thom Calabrese — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:30:20 +0000

I love sparkling water. I though I came up with the cheapest by buying seltzer which can be about .35ish a btl. As for the carbon footprint I feel like it’s trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon. China and India will be building 80 coal fired power plants between them and with the population continuing to grow I don’t really think it will matter if we drink bottled water or not. I just don’t like paying a buck or more for it.
I always enjoy your blog and think you do a great job.
Ciao