How excited was I when Soda Stream got in contact and asked if I wanted to review one of their Soda Stream machines! I remember these from when I was a child, I had a friend who lived in my road who had one and I loved it!
I wanted to try something different with mine though, I wanted to try and make my own flavours and to make them sugar-free too. I am a sucker for a fizzy drink myself, but I’ve cut the sugar-filled ones out and now only have them as a treat. So I didn’t want to then bring in a machine that makes sugary drinks to be tempted all the time!
The two drinks I am going to share with you are,
Sugar-Free Lemonade
Sugar-Free Raspberry Lemonade
Both of these are very simple to make and you can make up a bottle of it and place it in the fridge to help yourself too.
What’s In The Box
- Soda Stream Machine
- 1x 1-litre bottle
- 1x Gas Bottle
- Instructions
- Safety Instructions
How To Make Sugar Free Soda Stream Syrup
For the Lemonade squeeze lemon juice of 3 lemons into the Soda Stream carbonated water.
3 teaspoons of stevia into the bottle and mix, you can add this to taste after each spoonful.
That’s it!
If you want to make it Raspberry flavour then just add about 150g of Raspberries.
Make sure they are pureed and then sieved as well before adding to the water.
Using The Soda Stream
The Soda Stream was so much easier to use than I thought it would be! Simply add the gas bottle into the Soda Stream, although I was a little nervous of this bit to start off with. But it easily slots into the Soda Stream, twists and then locks into place.
Pop the back on and it’s ready to go. Fill up the bottle with your tap water up until the fill line, and place the bottle into the Soda Stream.
There’s a button on the top which you press to release the gas into the water. Follow the instructions on how much gas you want in the water, then you’re ready to add your flavours.
Reusable Benefits
What I really love about the Soda Stream is that it will help cut down on the number of plastic bottles we will use as a family. I can purchase additional Soda Stream bottles and have them made up in the fridge for the kids to use over and over again.
You can also have the gas bottles re-gassed so your not throwing away the gas bottles when they’re empty. You can either send them away to be refilled or visit the Soda Stream website to find your local store and have them re-gassed in store.
Soda Stream Syrup
If you don’t fancy making your own syrups for the Soda Stream, then you can purchase some from Soda Stream. I’m liking the look of the organic blonde cola, it has 50% less sugar and will last up to 6 months once opened.
Price Of Soda Stream
A starter pack like this is normally £99.99 which will get you started, they also come in 6 different colours as well!
16 Comments
well k dont really drink any type of soda but then I saw this, maybe i should give it a try
Yes well worth a try!
I’ve never owned a soda stream before. When we lived in Germany, we would buy sparkling mineral water by the crate, like most people there. You’d pay a deposit which you’d get back when you returned the crate and the bottles. I like your recipe for raspberry lemonade though.
Oh that’s a great idea, love ways to keep the plastic buying at a minimum
I have always wanted a soda stream, I think I will have to put one on my xmas list – haha. x
Oh yes great idea for a xmas present!!
This is amazing! I literally just did a post on my blog about skincare and how consuming less sugar is good for you… I’d definitely look into Soda Stream!
Oliver x
Great to cut sugar out where we can, theres so much of it in our diet isn’t there
You had me at sugar-free, need to try these ideas asap as I want a replacement for my regular soda
It’s a good idea to try and cut lots of sugar out if we can
I love that you made sugar free syrup..what a fantastic idea! It’s also fantastic that it’s reusable and just think of the plastic you can save not buying fizzy or carbonated drinks from the store and using the soda stream instead!
Brilliant for that isn’t it, it will save loads!
I’ve always wanted one of these as my friend had one and they taste so good
Oh that’s good to know as I would like to try the soda stream syrups too
Such a great ide to make sugar free drinks rather than the usual sugar loaded ones.
I loved soda stream as a kid, my mums best friend had one and we loved going round!
It was lovely and refreshing too, such a cool thing when we were kids weren’t they!!