What exactly is SodaStream?

This is the brand of carbonation systems for home use.  They were invented in the early 1900s to incorporate carbon dioxide (CO2) to drinking water. In those days these were called “apparatus for aerating liquids”.  The newer versions permit adding flavored concentrates  and before you know it – you have home carbonated, flavor drink  or soda.

The very first machines manufactured were rather big and were sold to the larger households from the upper classes based in london, like the royal household. There initially were flavors with odd names, one being the famous sarsaparilla introduced while in the 1920s.  The commercial carbonation machines were also introduced from the 1920s and were very popular.  The first smaller sized machines for home carbonation was produced in 1955. 

Because of so many forms of concentrate, different and unique flavors of soft drinks can be produced.  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 company merged with Soda-Club and has since relaunched using a marketing plan geared more in the direction of overall health or healthiers drink for children or families.

The SodaStream drink maker features a canister with CO2 which is pushed into water which makes water fizzy.  The complete product includes a machine, carbon dioxide canister, and many 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 different flavors of concentrated syrups allowing the consumer to create regular or diet pop (or soft drinks).  When the canister is empty, you give it back and purchase a new canister of CO2.

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

MilkStream is actually a machine made by 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 into 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 can be purchased and all sorts of the supplies could be ordered and reordered as required.