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Home seltzer/soda making
Our next kitchen gadget, other than the ice cream maker we just ordered,
is going to be something to make seltzer here. My wife loves it, and we figured we'd break even relatively soon if we did this ourselves at home. Go to http://www.chefcentral.com which is the place near us, and search on "soda maker" - there are three choices, for $100, $150, and $200. Opinions on which to get solicited, and thanks. Our mission is to get away from throw-away plastic seltzer bottles, and to eventually save money by doing this. Refill canisters are $20 apiece, $12 if you swap your old one - works like propane tanks for the grill. -S- |
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Home seltzer/soda making
On 7/24/2010 2:18 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
> Our next kitchen gadget, other than the ice cream maker we just ordered, > is going to be something to make seltzer here. My wife loves it, and we > figured we'd break even relatively soon if we did this ourselves at > home. > > Go to http://www.chefcentral.com which is the place near us, and search > on "soda maker" - there are three choices, for $100, $150, and $200. > Opinions on which to get solicited, and thanks. Our mission is to get > away from throw-away plastic seltzer bottles, and to eventually save > money by doing this. > > Refill canisters are $20 apiece, $12 if you swap your old one - works > like propane tanks for the grill. > > -S- > > I have a 20# CO2 tank and a spare O2 regulator that I converted to low-volume CO2 (just changed the gas fitting.) I had a 10# tank, but last time I had it filled they didn't have any 10# tanks and they swapped it out for a 20. I took a 2-liter pop bottle lid and fitted it with a stainless steel truck tire valve stem. To carbonate a 1-liter or 2-liter bottle of water or juice (it works great with filtered apple juice) I fill the bottle with cold liquid, attach the valve-stem-lid, and apply about 60 psi of pressure while shaking the bottle (so the gas goes into solution.) Remove the hose, put the bottle back in the fridge for a few minutes to settle down, and it's ready to serve. HTH Bob |
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Home seltzer/soda making
On Jul 24, 3:18*pm, "Steve Freides" > wrote:
> Our next kitchen gadget, other than the ice cream maker we just ordered, > is going to be something to make seltzer here. *My wife loves it, and we > figured we'd break even relatively soon if we did this ourselves at > home. > > Go tohttp://www.chefcentral.comwhich is the place near us, and search > on "soda maker" - there are three choices, for $100, $150, and $200. > Opinions on which to get solicited, and thanks. *Our mission is to get > away from throw-away plastic seltzer bottles, and to eventually save > money by doing this. > > Refill canisters are $20 apiece, $12 if you swap your old one - works > like propane tanks for the grill. > > -S- They estimate how many liters of water it will carbonate - that should help with your decision, at least cost-wise. I don't own any of them, so I can't be of help in that way. But I did a search of "pure sodastream reviews" and "sodastream reviews" it came up with some good-looking hits - maybe that will help? And maybe this is my lack of knowledge on the subject, but don't those old-fashioned seltzer bottles (like in old slapstick movies) produce the same effect? I would think those would have to be cheaper that $100. FWIW, Kris |
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Steve Freides wrote: > > Our next kitchen gadget, other than the ice cream maker we just ordered, > is going to be something to make seltzer here. My wife loves it, and we > figured we'd break even relatively soon if we did this ourselves at > home. > > Go to http://www.chefcentral.com which is the place near us, and search > on "soda maker" - there are three choices, for $100, $150, and $200. > Opinions on which to get solicited, and thanks. Our mission is to get > away from throw-away plastic seltzer bottles, and to eventually save > money by doing this. > > Refill canisters are $20 apiece, $12 if you swap your old one - works > like propane tanks for the grill. > > -S- Sodastream also make a lower price model called 'Fountain Jet'. Might want to look into that: http://www.sodastreamusa.com/store.aspx It looks more like the common ones in the UK. What about a soda syphon/siphon? We have one that's ancient. Need to get more CO2 charges for it though. |
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Steve Freides wrote:
> Our next kitchen gadget, other than the ice cream maker we just > ordered, is going to be something to make seltzer here. My wife > loves it, and we figured we'd break even relatively soon if we did > this ourselves at home. > > Go to http://www.chefcentral.com which is the place near us, and > search on "soda maker" - there are three choices, for $100, $150, and > $200. Opinions on which to get solicited, and thanks. Our mission is > to get away from throw-away plastic seltzer bottles, and to > eventually save money by doing this. > > Refill canisters are $20 apiece, $12 if you swap your old one - works > like propane tanks for the grill. > > -S- Bought the $200 model, have been playing with sample flavors they supplied, everyone here thinks it's great. First "experiment" will be cream soda, using the vanilla beans we're expecting. -S- |
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