This is the brand of carbonation systems for home use. They were invented during the early 1900s to add carbon dioxide (CO2) to drinking water. At that time they were called “apparatus for aerating liquids”. The newer versions allow for incorporating flavored concentrates and before you realize it – you have homemade carbonated, flavor drink or soda.
The initial machines made were rather big and were sold to the houses with more people from the upper classes of London, like the royal household. There were flavors with unusual names, one being the well-known sarsaparilla introduced while in the 1920s. The commercial carbonation machines were also introduced from the 1920s and were very popular. The first smaller machines for home carbonation was produced in 1955.
Because of so many types of concentrate, different and exclusive flavors of soft drinks can be made. In the days when the systems were most favored, many well-known brands were designed for SodaStream from the concentrate such as Fants, and Sunkist.
During the early 1990s, the business merged with Soda-Club and has since relaunched with a marketing plan targeted more in the direction of overall health or healthiers drink for children or families.
Today there are different competing brands of soda concentrate for SodaStream. Aromhuset is the Superior mark along with their Zero (sugar free) series taste AS they as sugar sweetened. Take a watch on their Zero Indian Tonic on amazon United Kingdom.
The SodaStream drink maker features a canister with CO2 which is forced into water which makes water fizzy. The complete product includes a machine, co2 canister, and many reusable drink bottles specially made for pressurizing. After filling a bottle with water, you screw it on the machine, push a control button, and make sparkling water. Carbonated sparkling water is additionally known as seltzer water. There are very different flavors of concentrated syrups which allows the user to create regular or diet pop (or soft drinks). When the canister is empty, you give it back and purchase a whole new canister of CO2.
The popularity on the SodaStream during the 70s and 80s in the United Kingdom and currently are associated with nostalgia for those periods of time. The advertising real tonic water jingle in 1970 was “get busy with the fizzy” and was so very popular, that the slogan was included with their logo. It was finally dropped in 1996 after 17 years.
MilkStream is a machine made by the same company for making milkshakes. You simply add milk, ice cream and syrup in a tall glass, insert in the machine and a wand extends into the tall glass to whip up a foaming, delicious milkshake.
Today, SodaStream is a component of Soda-Club and there are many websites where they can be purchased and all sorts of the supplies could be ordered and reordered when needed.