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In reply to the discussion: Yesterday, I bought a SodaStream home soda-maker. [View all]MiddleFingerMom
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... for home bars when drinks like Scotch & soda were so big.
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I can't speak totally confidentally about the old-style setups -- but maybe -- I think both have a tube
that goes into the water and CO2 is SHOT into the water under high pressure -- so I think
it would have the same effect.
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I've personally seen a review about how disastrous it was to try to carbonate Scotch directly. I've seen
similar reports of water that has been flavored. SodaStream advises MANY times in their equipment
packaging and their manual to ONLY ONLY ONLY carbonate plain water.
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Nowhere did I see tea referenced directly. That's all I have to go on.
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Here's my suggestion. Go to http://www.sodastreamusa.com/ . I think you can add comments. If so,
just ASK if anyone has experience trying to carbonate tea. If that's not possible, they have a "Contact
Us" icon with phone and email contact points. Or try one of their distributors -- Target, WalMart and
Bed Bath & Beyond are three that I know -- often you can ask questions in the comment sections of
THEIR SodaStream webpages.
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Here's something I DO know. The other night, I wasn't thinking and mindlessly added flavoring to the
water before fizzing it -- caught myself AS I was doing it, but too late.
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What I did was pour out half the flavored water and carbonate my second bottle (I bought two extras
at a $20 cost) VERY VERY heavily. Then I added a LITTLE more flavoring to the original flavored bottle
and filled it with the heavily carbonated plain water.
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Success. Delicious, normally carbonated soda.
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So, worse comes to worst, you could brew VERY VERY strong tea and carbonate it with heavily fizzed
H20.
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Or you could simply try it out. The system doesn't require plugging in and only weighs about 3 pounds
or so -- so you could take it outside to try it out.
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From what I've heard about the potential mess -- you'll thank me for that suggestion if things go wrong.
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