From L to R: Peychaud's Bitters, Fee Brothers Bitters, Maple Bitters, Pure Vanilla Extract, Pure Almond Extract, Prickly Pear Cactus Syrup, Lemon & Lime Wedges, Cucumber, Crushed Raspberries, Chopped Mint, Chopped Basil, and a liter of Sparkling Water
Last weekend we had a few friends over to celebrate Matty’s birthday. In addition to the BBQ bonanza (tons of balsamic-marinated veggies, citrus-cilantro shrimp, and soy-sesame halibut…), I thought it would be fun to set up a “SodaStream bar.”
In case you don’t know of the SodaStream
When we first got the SodaStream, we tried their flavor syrups — and enjoyed them. That is, until we realized that they all have artificial sweeteners (if they used only sugar, it would require too much syrup).
Instead, we’ve been experimenting with other home-grown flavors. I’m a fan of adding a dash of Fee Brothers Bitters
For the party we put together the SodaStream bar and encouraged folks to try some recipes — or to experiment and create their own. (I’ll be honest: Just about everyone added booze.)
Start with some sparkling water and ice cubes. Then try some of these recipes…
The Slow RC Cola Up Against A Wall
8 Drops of Almond Extract
Dash of Fee Brothers Bitters
The Lemon Limey
Lemon & Lime Wedges
Dash of Peychaud’s Bitters
The Cucumberist
Scoop of Cubed Cucumber
Chopped Mint Leaves
The Cucumberico Italiano
Scoop of Cubed Cucumber
Chopped Basil Leaves
Raspberilla
Scoop of Raspberry Pulp
6-8 drops Vanilla Extract
and, finally…
The RaspberPeach That Gave Andrew A Headache The Next day
Scoop of Raspberry Pulp
Chopped Mint Leaves
Almond Extract
Dash of Fee Brothers Bitters
Absolut Peach Vodka
Have your own favorite Sodastream recipe? Please share in the comments!
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May 2, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Thanks, I can’t wait to try some of these. Since I watched the documentary “Sweet Misery” I’m cutting out all artificial sweeteners. Today I am researching some homemade ginger ale recipes to use with my SodaStream. I found out the hard way that if you add powdered ginger to your carbonated water you will have a big explosion on your hands. The good news is that you can make the ginger syrup without sugar.
June 13, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Do you always put the flavor after the fizz of before
June 14, 2012 at 9:20 am
It voids the warranty if you carbonate anything other than water — so you need to take plain water, carbonate it, and then use the resulting seltzer to make the beverages.
I usually add the ingredients to the cup, and then add the seltzer water last — that helps mix it all together as it’s poured in.
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September 24, 2012 at 12:01 am
My family drinks seltzer like crazy. They used to call me “the seltzer lady” because I was buying 20 bottles at a time. My husband looked into the soda stream, but instead got what he calls “open source seltzer”. We have a CO2 tank, with regulators and everything. He has carbonated everything, and is having a blast. One tank lasted us about 8 months. We have made: carbonated grape juice, apple juice, orange juice, grapefruit juice, re-carbonated soda (none with HFCS; we buy the Passover Coke and sometimes Sierra Mist which are both made from sugar), and I think that is it.
If your soda stream ever dies, you may want to consider that. We pay about 2 cents a liter and use filtered water.
January 13, 2013 at 5:20 pm
Just got a Soda Stream for Christmas and having fun with it. I’m like to experiment to avoid HFCS and sweeteners. Thanks for sharing your suggestions. Tonight I decided to try seltzer water with my kids’ Emergen-C Fruit Punch (2 packets in maybe one cup water in a TALL glass). It was great and hopefully, it will help build up my resistance. If you try it, allow for a LOT of initial foaminess.
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