seltzer, homemade?

[Cat Price]

i'd like to stop buying bottlers of seltzer... a bit of an ecological nightmare....buying cases and cases of water from italy....

i'd like to make my own.

any ideas about a machine that will add carbonation to my tap water?

thanks!! kittycat

[Rich Lang]

Hello Kitty -

As for the idea of a machine of some kind, we did some research for a project at work and the only thing we came up with at fiurst glance was a unit for home bars which made lousy seltzer, not much of it, and was prohibitvely expensive.

HOWEVER...

Being both a romantic and a seltzer fanatic, I have always yearned for the seltzer guy of old. I love those bottles when we're down in BA. And guess what...? He's here WITH home delivery!

http://www.stellabrothers.com/index.htm

When I last looked at these guys they had higher minimums. Now their website seems to indicate something that would work for home dlviery. Their site says they are short a drivr right now, but will be making the rounds again soon. I LOVE IT! Thanks for reminding me to look again.

RL

[Cat Price]

totally awesome!!! thank you rl!

[Cornelia]

Check out HOMEGROWN.org for a DIY Carbonation Machine - there's a ginger ale recipe, too.
A little shameless self promotion...

[Roni Kabessa]

hi Cat

It is so funny i was thinking the same as my mom in Israel always made 'selzeer " the one they used is sold in USA http://www.sodaclubusa.com . I will order one soon my self .

see u

Roni

[jwest]

I picked up a soda bottle on target.com and buy chargers from creamright.com. If you buy the generic cartridges it's $40 for 100. Those cartridges are exactly the same as the Liss ones (if I remember correctly, they're even made in the same factory. Creamright sells cheaper bottles too.

crazy horse: Over the long run, it's cheaper to make your own seltzer. Also, it doesn't get flat since it sits in a pressurized soda bottle. Not to mention, as Cat says, buying plastic bottles of soda is wasteful. Why not make your own? It's cheaper and you get fizzy water every time!