Soda water or club soda has come a long way from when it was previously used as digestion aid. Flavors, sweeteners and colors have been supplied to it to give taste to drinks. Soda is favourite drink of many people. Some prefer it over plain drinking water and spend a heavy amount of money on these drinks every day. How about preparing carbonated drink by yourself?

Carbonation is the process of dissolving pressurized carbon dioxide (CO2)into water to make sparkling water, club soda or seltzer. This water is clear and has sparkling taste. Exciting fruit flavors can be added to make your drink tasty which are easily available.com. These are names of the flavors. There are no contents of artificial sweeteners and sugar in them, which makes it ideal for someone who is losing weight.

In 1903 in London Guy Gilbey invented SodaStream from home carbonation system. It later stretched towards Australia, New Zealand and Germany. A machine, a carbon dioxide canister and one or more reusable bottles are the main parts of the device. With a push of the button pressurized CO2 from inside the canister is forced into the bottle fixed on canister which produces sparkling water.

In the UK, the SodaStream machinewas first sold to the upper classes, including the royal household. In the 1920s flavored concentrates for example cherry ciderette and sasparilla were introduced to prepare soft drinks. Not only commercial models but those for the home were also made in 1955 and grew in popularity in the 70s and 80s. However, some people thought that homemade brew was not as bubbly as the commercial variety.

MilkStream, an offshoot of the same company, was created for making milkshakes. It uses milk, ice cream and syrup mixed together in a big glass and inserted into the machine to get delicious drink.

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SodaStream was later bought out by Soda Club, an Israeli company that was formerly the sole distributor for SodaStreamin Israel. As of 2007, the product has been established for the second time in a number of countries including the United States and Canada. Though it markets its drinks under the SodaStream label but has begun to be concerned about the health of the public by making a number of diet concentrates which are useful for sparkling water as well as for sodas.

The Soda Club machine has had rave reviews from the public at large, because of its beautiful design and its easy to follow instructions. Also, the soda club machine allows you to make the drink as fizzy as you like. The cost of the machine together with reusable bottles and sodamix flavors works out to about 50 cents per liter. It is good for a bargain?