Blogs Feb 6, 2014 at 7:53 am

Coke's Getting Into the Soda-at-Home Business

Paul Constant
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Geez, I honestly can't remember the last time I had any kind of soda pop. Ten years, maybe? Needless to say, nothing they do will affect me in the slightest.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 6, 2014 at 8:00 AM Report this
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@1 nya nya nya.
NotSean on February 6, 2014 at 8:17 AM Report this
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Paul, if you switched from Diet Coke to carbonated water with fruit juice, then you added sugar.
Urgutha Forka on February 6, 2014 at 8:40 AM Report this
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@1: Well then, at least you were able to use this thread to feed your sense of superiority if nothing else.
MRM on February 6, 2014 at 8:54 AM Report this
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The controversy surrounding products (Sodastream) manufactured in occupied territories (in violation of international law) of course doesn't appear on Paul Constant's radar.
anon1256 on February 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM Report this
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@3 Maybe. It depends on how dilute the fruit juice is. Sodasteam will only carbonate water, not juice, so even assuming he's diluting it by 50% (50% carbonated water, 50% fruit juice) he's probably still cutting his sugar down. Or removing aspartame, which evidently gives some people trouble.
mkyorai on February 6, 2014 at 8:59 AM Report this
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@3 yes, trading caffeine for sugar maybe?

I find it difficult to imagine how a single serve pod could cost much less than a pre-bottled soda, which are already pretty inexpensive.
Josh Bis on February 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM Report this
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@6 Diet Coke has no sugar; so regardless of dilution fruit juice sparkle water has more.

... but this all misses the key point that Diet Coke is disgusting, unlike the magical unicorn tears deliciousness of Coke Zero.
Josh Bis on February 6, 2014 at 9:06 AM Report this
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@5, Paul's and ScarJo.have something in common. Is there more there than we know?
ScandalMgr on February 6, 2014 at 9:34 AM Report this
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When my dad quit drinking 25 years ago, he replaced beer with what he called "juice coolers" - carbonated water and non-citrus juice, usually apple juice. That's what I grew up with for a non-tap-water/"treat" beverage, and soda/pop has never tasted all that good to me. I got my own Soda Stream about a year ago, and I love that I'm not going through so many cans/bottles of carbonated water anymore.
AmyC on February 6, 2014 at 9:59 AM Report this
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@10 While its great that you have convenient carbonated water, it's time for all those who believe in civil rights to get on board w the growing boycott of Israeli' companies doing business in the West Bank.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/opinio…
ScandalMgr on February 6, 2014 at 10:03 AM Report this
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If all you're doing is carbonated water and fruit juice, you don't need SodaStream anyway—just invest in an old-fashioned seltzer bottle and a box of CO₂ cartridges.

My favorite non-winter bevvie is half seltzer, half decent cranberry juice (the 100%-juice [although most is apple], no-corn-syrup kind), half a packet of Splenda.
rob! on February 6, 2014 at 10:26 AM Report this
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BOYCOTT SODASTREAM!!!
on February 6, 2014 at 10:26 AM Report this
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Apparently, non-sugar alternatives trick the body in ways that I don't understand and that it's much healthier just to consume cane sugar, honey, or fructose.

I love the Pepsi with cane sugar from Mexico.
Phoebe in Wallingford on February 6, 2014 at 11:36 AM Report this
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I add fruit juice to my Sodastream water, too! I recommend pomegranate
spaceapple on February 6, 2014 at 11:41 AM Report this
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@12 This is correct, an old-fashioned soda siphon will do the trick for a lot less money(and they are more fun to use), but then again, with a Sodastream you can make shit WAY fizzier than a soda siphon.
(I'm too chickenshit to try doubling up the CO2 with my seltzer bottle, the manufacturer warns against doing so.)

Also pro-tip for home soda enthusiasts: if you prefer club soda to regular seltzer, dissolve a pinch of baking soda in the water beforehand.
BostonFontSnob on February 6, 2014 at 12:20 PM Report this
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@11,

I guess you'll be glad to know that Sodastream is opening a much bigger plant within Israel proper.
keshmeshi on February 6, 2014 at 1:23 PM Report this
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@12, 16- how long will a CO2 seltzer bottle hold a charge? If I used it only once or twice a week would all the CO2 leak out in the few days between using it?
Dr_Awesome on February 6, 2014 at 4:08 PM Report this
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@17, I'm thinking @11 (and I) will only be happy if the factory is in an Israel that has been persuaded by the boycott and the resilient resistance of Palestinians to become a state with equal rights for all its inhabitants.
Linda J on February 6, 2014 at 4:53 PM Report this
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@19,

Don't you mean two states?
keshmeshi on February 6, 2014 at 5:34 PM Report this
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@18 Never been an issue with mine—the stuff stays fizzy a long time.
BostonFontSnob on February 21, 2014 at 10:59 AM Report this

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