Does anyone own a sodastream?

[squidders]

If so, can you make fizzy milk? can you make fizzy coffee and tea?

I need to know!

 

[supervike]

Don't own one, but have thought about getting one.

They do have 'fizzy tea' mixes on their website.

But I see no mention of milks or coffees. Fizzy milk sounds gross anyhow!

 

[Master of fact]

YES

and no. The soda stream dilutes the milk so it goes all watery and bleauckkkkk.

You can get the tea syrup for iced tea ect

 

[AndyG]

Hmm what about condensed/ evaporated milk, might that not work?

In the interest of science it needs to be tried!

 

[squidders]

Interesting... I always wondered how milk would go. shame it gets diluted.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Interesting... I always wondered how milk would go. shame it gets diluted.

It's due to the fat content, in order to get frothy milk you need to inject it with steam to break up the fat gobules.
Yes I've been taught how to use the Coffee machine at my Local Friendly Coffee Shop. (Planning for a new career)

 

[RuneBrush]

Yes I've been taught how to use the Coffee machine at my Local Friendly Coffee Shop. (Planning for a new career)

Mmm, proper frothy coffee...

 

[gohkm]

Is the soda stream same as a soda siphon? If it's the latter, you should be able to mix some lecithin into the milk, then I suppose 2 cartridges of carbon dioxide in the siphon ought to do the trick. But it definitely works better with full cream milk.

On a completely unrelated tangent, either full cream milk or skim milk will do when attempting spherification.

 

[Einion]

Was just about to say, how does using a SodaStream 'dilute' the milk when no liquid is being introduced? Straight injection of carbon dioxide at pressure into the liquid should work with anything that CO2 can go into solution in.

Einion

 

[QuietiManes]

I was going to get one of those but the cost of the soda you make in it is the same price as the store (at least at the one supplier I saw it at here), plus you got to buy the machine on top of that, so I passed. And soda in the store goes on sale every other day...

I am kinda interested in the quality of the product still though.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Was just about to say, how does using a SodaStream 'dilute' the milk when no liquid is being introduced?

Way I understand/remember it (from school 40+ years ago) the fat separates along the lines of Curds & Whey and looks like the egg strings in Chinese soup.

 

[Avelorn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T76u2Rgpdo <-- a try with milk

 

[freakinacage]

Was just about to say, how does using a SodaStream 'dilute' the milk when no liquid is being introduced? Straight injection of carbon dioxide at pressure into the liquid should work with anything that CO2 can go into solution in.

Einion

from the youtube comments:

CO2 + Water = Carbonic Acid (mildly acidic) -- and we know that if we add acid to milk (such as lemon juice) we get sour/curdled milk.  Thus, the milk soured.​

 

[squidders]

hmmm... grim.

That's what I get for reading physics, not chem.

 

[noneedforaname]

I suggest making fizzy schnapps!