It is the brand name of carbonation systems for home use. They were invented in the early 1900s to add carbon dioxide (CO2) to drinking water. In those days these were called “apparatus for aerating liquids”. The newer versions permit incorporating flavored concentrates and before you know it – you’ve got homemade carbonated, flavor drink or soda pop carbonated water.
The initial machines made were rather big and were sold to the houses with more people of the upper classes of London, including the royal household. There initially were flavors with odd names, one being the famous sarsaparilla released 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 manufactured in 1955.
Because of so many types of concentrate, different and exclusive flavors of soft drinks can be made. In the times when the systems were most popular, many well-known brands were designed for SodaStream from the concentrate such as Fants, and Sunkist.
In the early 1990s, the business merged with Soda-Club and has since relaunched with a marketing plan geared more towards health or healthiers drink for kids or families.
The SodaStream drink maker comes with a canister with CO2 which is pushed into water which makes water fizzy. The total product includes a machine, carbon dioxide canister, and several reusable drink bottles specially designed for pressurizing. After filling a bottle with water, you screw it on the machine, push a button, and create sparkling water. Carbonated sparkling water is additionally known as seltzer water. There are very different flavors of concentrated syrups allowing the user to create regular or diet soda pop (or soft drinks). When the canister is empty, you give it back and buy a new canister of CO2 carbonating machines.
The buzz 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 jingle in 1970 was “get busy with the fizzy” and was so very popular, that this slogan was included with their logo. It was finally dropped in 1996 after 17 years.
MilkStream is a machine made through the same company for making milkshakes. You simply add milk, ice cream and syrup inside a tall glass, insert into the machine and a wand extends in the tall glass to whip up a foaming, tasty milkshake bottling equipment.
Today, SodaStream is a component of Soda-Club and there are several web sites where they can be purchased and all the supplies could be ordered and reordered as required.