Drink makers giving people ways to ditch the can (Coca-Cola vs. SodaStream: aha)

Associated Press ^ | Feb. 7, 2014 4:27 PM EST | Candice Choi

[Olog-hai]

It keeps getting easier to ditch the soda can.

When Coca-Cola said this week that it would let people make its drinks at home using a beverage machine, it became the latest company to take advantage of a growing trend: People turning to flavored drops or at-home carbonation machines that do away with the need to haul home bulky cans and bottles from the supermarket. […]

Options that do away with cans and bottles are faring far better.

Revenue for the Americas region at SodaStream, which makes at-home carbonation machines, surged 88 percent in 2012 from the previous year, the latest figures available. And Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which makes single-serve coffee machines and is partnering with Coca-Cola to make a cold beverage machine, saw revenue climb 13 percent. …

[Olog-hai]

Coca-Cola: The Real Jihad.

[bigheadfred]

Holey Molar!

[bravo whiskey]

plus sodastream is an israeli company that provides jobs to arabs.

[RayChuang88]

I think Coca-Cola is TERRIFIED of the very idea that Pepsi-Cola has expressed interest in offering pre-made Pepsi cola syrup to Sodastream users. Imagine Pepsi offering unsweetened syrup, end users adding whatever amount of real cane or beet sugar they wanted, and making homemade Pepsi cola....

[Persevero]

With these things I am always afraid I’ll invest in the machine and it will go all Sony Beta on me and I won’t be able to get supplies.

[FAA]

It’s funny but this Christmas someone gave me a Keurig machine. Real popular items these days. Well, I drink instant coffee so the machine was useless to me since it only added extra time to each cup of coffee. I returned it.

They’re offering cold drink makers now.

[Nifster]

that so called coffee you drink has killed your taste buds

[ansel12]

I keep instant coffee in my survival supplies for the apocalypse, but I drink real coffee from fresh ground beans, for real life.

[Macoozie]

Been making my own seltzer for quite some time. Easy enough to add simple syrup and flavorings.
Do a web search and you can find all the hardware you’ll need, from coldplates to stainless valves and high pressure hoses, to make your own system for a very fair price.
Much less than a McCann carbonator and other required components.
Sodastream is really quite lame, and not cheap.
Not enough bubbles and goes flat right away.
Some basic plumbing hardware and a CO2 canister and your good to go.
As someone who enjoyed fountain “RC” cola from Bob’s Lunch & Fountain back in the day, I really groove on maximum bubbles.

[jimsin]

IF IT’S DELICIOUS COFFEE YOU WANT JUST GET A SACK OF ‘BARNEYS SANTAS WHITE CHRISTMAS’

AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND IT’S THEIR BEST SELLER..ONCE YOU TASTE THIS STUFF BELIEVE ME YOU’LL BE HOOKED...WHENEVER I HAVE VISITORS THEY FILL THEIR SUITCASES WITH THE STUFF..

A WORD TO THE UNINITIATED....

[Olog-hai]

If this is the stuff you are shouting about, I’ll have to say sorry, but I prefer unflavored coffee.

[txhurl]

It’s hard to believe there isn’t anybody growing coffee shrubs in America. Can it be that hard?

[Sequoyah101]

funny thing is, Soda Stream didn’t invent anything. The process of carbonating liquids with CO2 cartridges has been around since 1903.

SodaStream is the maker of a consumer home carbonation product based on the principles of making a carbonated drink as originally invented by Guy Gilbey in 1903.

[Olog-hai]

They grow coffee in America (the continents), but there are few locations in the USA that are within the so-called coffee belt, Hawaii being the only US state producing it commercially in viable quantities. It’s not impossible to grow it in the contiguous 48 states, but the flavor may not be the same and it may be hard to get the plant to produce fruit. (The coffee “cherry” is edible too.)

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Do you know if you mix Kahlúa with club soda, it tastes just like Coca-Cola? Only bettah.

[SoothingDave]

Unsweetened syrup? How is that possible?

[BfloGuy]

It’s hard to believe there isn’t anybody growing coffee shrubs in America. Can it be that hard?

Ya think geography might have something to do with it? There aren't a lot of banana plantations in the U.S., either.

[RightFighter]

We need a rule for SodaStream threads. Yes, I know she's a liberal, but she's a hot liberal.

[EricT.]

All right! Diabetes on tap!

[txhurl]

The US contains every microclimate that can be found on earth. And every mineral soil solution. It should be possible to grow coffee *somewhere* here.