With
all the buzz with these Sodastream's I was just dying to give one a go for
myself. When the package arrived on the front door, I think my partner was more
excited then myself. Our house was super excited and eager to give it a go,
Hayley was actually nagging.
So
we opened the boxed and started to follow the instructions. In this pack you
receive a sample pack of 12 flavours, a CO2 cylinder, a one litre bottle and
also the machine.
We
had a tiny problem that almost dampened our excitement; you need to put the water
to the fill line in the reusable bottle provided and then chill. Well we
couldn't bloody wait to chill the water, so we got bottled water from the
fridge and filled to the line. This is where we realised we will need more then
just the one bottle in our house of four!! Before using the machine you have to
insert the gas cylinder which is really simple, and the instructions provided
made it a breeze for me.
Once
you have filled your bottle you push the tilt lever, allowing you to easily
screw on the bottle. Soda Stream Fizz is “different” from the other Soda Stream
models as it has a “Fizz Chip” inside of it which i think is a super cool idea,
allowing you to see how much gas you still have left displaying it on a little
LCD screen. You then push and hold the silver lever down and watch your
bottle fill up with bubbles, when its ready to release you will hear a buzzing
noise. This part of making your SodaStream is quite noisy. You repeat this
three times to get a normal fizzy drink; you can do it less for a light
sparkling type drink or more for a super fizzy drink. When you put the syrup in
you will loose fizz, so as it may look super fizzy now that will die down.
You
then unscrew the bottle from the machine and it gives off a cool pppsshh kind
of noise. That's when you decide what syrup you want to add into your bottle.
You just slowly pour it in and then close the lids and slowly mix it p by
turning the bottle upside down gently. The only thing I will warn we bought
some of the just for kids range which is mores juice type soft drink, and when
you pour it in it overflows everywhere. You have to go super slow and even then
you will make a mess.
We
have taken a little bit of a diet overhaul and trying to kick as much sugar out
of diets as possible. Here is just a little example- Coca Cola, which is a much
loved drink in almost every house (I know it is in ours.)
Coca-Cola®
Calories
100 Carbs 27g Sugar 27g Sodium 35g
Then
there is the SodaStream Cola
Calories
34 Carbs 9g Sugar 9g Sodium 2g
As
you can see with that little comparison there is not only a little difference
it's huge. Your more then halving the calories and carbs, so it's just silly to
continue to drink Coca Cola. This is why my partner I longer buys Coke, instead
he makes it himself at home in less then a minute.
I
personally think this way of making soft drink can get pretty costly and I know
a lot of families would agree. Yeah ok it would be cheaper for me to head to
Aldi and buy the 99c soft drink. But I would much prefer knowing what is going
into my families body, and knowing it is a heck load more healthier for them
makes it all the worth while. I’d rather pay that little bit more and have a
whole lot more (not to mention it so much more fun!!)
