Drinkmate OmniFizz Sparkling Water and Soda Maker, Carbonates Any Drink, ULTIMATE BUNDLE – Includes three 60L CO2 Cylinders, Two Carbonation Bottles, and Fizz Infuser (Matte Black)

I first bought a Soda Stream. If you want to make carbonated water, they are great. And that is the only instance when they are great. They carbonate water, period. If you drink alcohol with seltzer, the Soda Stream would be a great machine to have.Because I owned the Soda Stream and just wasn’t finding any combination of carbonated water and flavoring that was worth making, I found myself in a group of carbonator enthusiasts. When looking for a way to make the Soda Stream useful, I ran into posts about the Drinkmate and how it can carbonate just about any liquid in existence. Don’t ever do this!! But, you might be able to carbonate motor oil. I don’t know why you would, but the Drinkmate ‘might’ be able to do it (don’t try it!!).With the idea that I could carbonate drinks other than just water, I finally caved and ordered one. Yes, it cost significantly more than a Soda Stream. But oh my gosh!! I have found my love.It really does carbonate everything. If you want the most delicious sparkling apple cider you will ever taste, get a Drinkmate, buy a quality apple cider, and be amazed!! If you want to try carbonating everything you can think of, try a Drinkmate. I expect it would carbonate milk. I just haven’t been brave enough to try it.My absolute favorite drink to make with the Drinkmate starts with Kerns Guava Nectar. I fill the bottle from 1/4 to 1/3 full of the nectar and top it off with cold filtered water. I then carbonate it. For my tastes, it is divine!! Doing the same thing with pineapple juice isn’t bad either if you just remind yourself that you carbonated it and that it isn’t pineapple juice that has fermented. Usually I toss pineapple juice if it tingles when I drink it, but I like it when it was purposely carbonated.Everyone has their own tastes. The fun is that with a Drinkmate, you can explore those tastes and possibly find your “divine”.Note that not all things are equal. Not all liquids are equal. First, the liquids need to be cold to work best. Be warned, that some liquids foam up a LOT. And some hardly foam at all. All that means is that you need to pay close attention when you first carbonate some new liquid. If it foams like an active volcano, just let it sit longer before you try to remove the ‘carbonator’. Guava nectar isn’t bad. It will foam if I remove the pressure immediately, but it is fine after a minute or two.Their blurb says that you can re-carbonize beer. I believe that would be true. However, to carbonate any liquid, the bottle must be filled enough that the carbonator nozzle in submerged in the liquid. The smallest bottle I have found needs at least 12 ounces (preferably more) for the nozzle to be deep enough in the liquid to work. How often in your life have you opened a 12 ounce beer then let it just sit out overnight so that it needs re-carbonating? If you are doing that, you’re popping tabs when you are way too drunk to be doing so. Go to bed!I wish they made a bottle half the size of the quart bottle.And, you can CARBONATE JUST PLAIN WATER with it if you want too!! ��