What is SodaStream?

It is the brand name of carbonation systems for home use. They were invented during the early 1900s to add carbon dioxide (CO2) to drinking water. At that time these were called “apparatus for aerating liquids”. The newer versions allow for adding flavored concentrates and before you know it – you’ve got homemade carbonated, flavor drink or soda.

The initial machines made were rather large and were sold to the larger households from the upper classes of London, including the royal household. There were flavors with odd names, one being the well-known sarsaparilla released while in the 1920s. The commercial carbonation machines were also introduced in the 1920s and were very well liked. The first smaller sized machines for home carbonation was manufactured in 1955.

With so many forms of concentrate, various and unique flavors of soft drinks can be made. In the days when the systems were most favored, many well-known brands were designed for SodaStream in the concentrate such as Fants, and Sunkist.

In the early 1990s, the business merged with Soda-Club and it has since relaunched using a marketing plan geared more in the direction of overall health or healthiers drink for kids or families.

Today there are considerable competing brands of soda concentrate for SodaStream. Aromhuset is the Superior mark plus their Zero (sugar free) series taste like they as sugar sweetened. Take a look on their Zero Indian Tonic at amazon UK.

The SodaStream drink maker features a canister with CO2 which is forced into water that makes the water fizzy. The complete product includes a machine, carbon dioxide canister, and several reusable drink bottles specially made for pressurizing. After filling a bottle with water, you screw it to the machine, push a control button, and make sparkling water. Carbonated sparkling water is also known as seltzer water. There are very different flavors of concentrated syrups which allows the user to generate regular or diet soda pop (or soft drinks). When the canister is empty, you return it and purchase a new canister of CO2.

The buzz on the SodaStream during the 70s and 80s in the United Kingdom and currently are associated with nostalgia for all those time periods. The advertising gin syrup jingle in 1970 was “get busy with the fizzy” and was so very popular, that the slogan was added to their logo. It was finally dropped in 1996 after 17 years.

MilkStream is a machine made by the very same company to make milkshakes. You simply add milk, ice cream and syrup inside a tall glass, insert in the machine and a wand extends in the tall glass to whip up a foaming, tasty milkshake.

Today, SodaStream is a component of Soda-Club and there are several web sites where they could be purchased and all the supplies can be ordered and reordered as required.