Are you a seltzer enthusiast? A club soda aficionado? A San Pellegrino fiend? Well, if you are, have I got something for you (and if you’re not, well, humor me.) Let me introduce you to this little baby:
This is the SodaStream Fountain Jet. And it’s the best thing since sliced bread (just an aside, but doesn’t this phrase need updating? I mean, there have been a lot of great things since sliced bread was invented oh 150 years ago. I propose, “Best thing since computers.” That’s a much more significant and accurate statement, no?).
And no, no one is paying me to say this, unless someone wants to pay me…anyone? No? OK.
So, back to the SodaStream. Instead of buying all that seltzer, which means having to lug all those bottles home (80% of which will end up NOT being recycled, according to the US Recycling Institute — but not yours, you recycled yours, I know), you can use your very own tap water and the bottles that come with the starter set to make your own. Plus the carbonators can be refilled, so you’re not creating any waste there. And what’s really nice is that you can control the level of fizz; I lean toward the fizzier end of the spectrum. You can also add flavors and make sodas, but I just like the seltzer. And let’s not forget about the cost savings involved. It works out to about 25 cents per liter once you get through the starter kit (which ends up at about 83 cents per liter). Plus, it’s just plain fun to make. You screw in the bottle of water, zap away til it makes this very satisfying grinding sound and voilà! Bubbly water awaits. Thrilling.
So, what are you waiting for, you effervescent H2O junkie? The environment will thank you and your bank account will thank you. And your tummy, filled with fizzy (or not so fizzy) water will thank you.
And then you can thank me.*
* Full disclosure: Janice, my best friend, partner-in-crime and soul mate is the one who turned me onto this, so I suppose you can thank her too.
