The good news is I have more time to do fun things with my friends and my kids! Like make and drink our own soda!
Last Saturday we hosted a SodaStream House Party. We received the Source model and a bunch of flavors, along with the carbonation cartridge to make the fizz! Set-up was simple and in a matter of about five minutes we were adding bubbles to everything from water to juice!
The boys and a few of their friends went first and had a great time making their own sodas and mixing and matching flavors. They tried really weird combos like rootbeer and lemon-lime. Why? Because their boys and they do weird things. That rootbeer/lemon-lime combination? Was disgusting.
Then the other moms and I all took our turns. Our favorite flavor was Cranberry-Raspberry mixed with Lemonade. It was light and bubbly and delicious and the SodaStream was so easy and fun to use! All the moms agreed that the 1 liter bottles that come with the SodaStream are the perfect size.
One of my camera shy friends - photo by one of the other 5 camera shy friends!
Really bad picture of me giving a demo...fire the photographer!
Here's a video of how it works, not sure you can see it all that well, but it will give you a general idea about how the SodaStream works. Ignore the ridiculous conversation taking place as I film and try to control mother my children. Oh...and please turn your cell phones to vibrate so you don't disturb the other viewers...it's that good. You won't want to miss a second of this high quality video.
So...we enjoyed just about everything the SodaStream has to offer. The only negative thing I would bring up is that many of the flavors I received to try contain sucralose or Splenda. I am not a fan of sucralose or Splenda. But the good news is that SodaStream offers some all natural flavors that do not have the artificial sweetner, so I am looking forward to trying those. I am a fan of sparkling juices though and I think that we can save a lot of money making our own sparkling cider and non-alcoholic mimosas using SodaStream!
The other great thing about SodaStream is that it is great on the environment. Their reusable 1 liter bottles mean no more empty 2 liter bottles going in the garbage or ending up in landfills.
SodaStream is definitely going to be put to good use in our home. We already have plans to include it as part of my youngest son's b-day party and it makes an appearance every family movie night as well.
I have three $20 rebate coupons left over from the party if anyone is thinking about buying one for Christmas. Shoot me and email, I'll be happy to get the coupon to you via snail mail!
**Disclosure: I was not compensated for this blog post. I did receive a SodaStream kit from SodaStream and House Party to help facilitate this review. My opinions are always honest and are my own.**
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