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For anyone that's interested in how to make a transition to sparkling mineral water without all the single-use plastic waste, the answer is to DIY. Making a DI
by cheezymoogle 5y ago
For anyone that's interested in how to make a transition to sparkling mineral water without all the single-use plastic waste, the answer is to DIY.
Making a DIY force-carbonation rig is trivial and costs around $100 upfront: https://www.seriouseats.com/pros-cons-diy-carbonation-rig https://www.seriouseats.com/pros-cons-diy-carbonation-rig
Cloning mineral waters is also easy enough to do: https://khymos.org/2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/ https://khymos.org/2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/
I've been doing this for a while and have had great results. Even if you're not tee-totaling, it's still a fine investment for cocktails and DIY alcoholic seltzers.
- icoder 5y agoFor those that don't mind paying a bit more there's of course non-DIY solutions that do the same. We went all out and bought a Quooker with our new kitchen: boiling water, cold and filtered water, and carbonated water. Of course it helps that here in the Netherlands, the tap water is basically mineral water. It's a luxury, but we really love it.
- contravariant 5y agoDepending on your exact location it's only like mineral water if you don't mind the limescale.
- vultour 5y agoDo you not have SodaStream in the US?
- Epenthesis 5y agoThe article alleges that sodastreams produce weaker fizz than commercial carbonated water. I personally haven't found that to be the case, but it seems like there's dozens of sodastream models and maybe I happened on a good one.
- vultour 5y agoMy experience is the opposite across a range of models, I always go relatively conservative otherwise it feels like drinking nails.
- cheezymoogle 5y agoA larger tank (filling a 5lb tank off a 50lb tank) uses less time and money than exchanging 1lb canisters. It also has the ancillary benefit of supporting local welding supply companies and brewing stores than foreign corporations and big box stores.
- sawjet 5y agoI don't know if I'd want to consume anything from a welding shop.
- conk 5y agoThis is a valid concern. I did years of homebrew beer before I learned there is food grade and non-food grade CO2. You should not be using non-food grade to carbonate water or beer. It can have oils and other residue in it.
- alisonkisk 5y agoyou can also wrench open a sodastream canister, buy a 3lb block of dry ice from a grocery store for $4, crush it, and pour the crumbs into the canister. Youtube has tutorial videos.
- jonnydough 5y agoFor the articles above making your own hop water is very easy as well. Just soak some hops in room temp water and throw in fridge overnight. Toss in a little lemon juice, and carbonate. Could even use tea. Will need to play with the amount of hops, but it's cheap.