For this:

(did I scare ya?)  I’m in LOVE!!!!!!

The AMAZING people over at SodaStream sent me their product to try out – and from first sight – I knew it was meant to be! 

They sent over the actual Soda Stream Home Soda Maker – as well as a wide variety of syrups for us to test out!

We got – Regular Cranberry-Raspberry, Regular Energy, 3 bottles of Fruit Flavored Essence:

Regular Orange, Regular Cream Soda, Diet Gingerale:

Diet Cola, Regular Root Beer, Diet Pink Grapefruit, Regular Lemon-Lime:

Being the Diet Coke loving gal that I am – I immediately decided “Diet Cola” was the first syrup I needed to try:

One word – AWESOME!   I was honestly dancing around, giggling at how fun and easy it was too make!

Next on the list – Diet Pink Grapefruit!

Again – AWESOME!  This was even better than the Diet Cola syrup!  So crisp and refreshing!!!! And so easy to make – I think Lando might make herself a drink when she’s home alone!   

So what’s the verdict?

I’m in LOVE – but I also wanted to share with you  (so you have a full grasp on how amazing this product is) - even MIKE is in love with it!

Typically – with the blog stuff – Mike is indifferent.  It’s usually “healthy crap” (his words, not mine) that he isn’t interested in.   So whether it’s a dish I make, or a product I get to review – he doesn’t really get interested.  Well this time – I’m not sure who is more in love with the SodaStream! He even called me this morning and said “WHEN ARE YOU PUTTING UP THAT SODASTREAM POST – THIS THING IS AWESOME!!!!!!“ 

A few things Mike was raving about (and I FULLY agree!):

- It’s so easy to use! There aren’t crazy pieces you have to carefully put together – you literally screw the bottle into the machine – DONE! 

- So easy to clean up! With some kitchen appliances – there are these little pieces/parts that are impossible to clean, and such a pain – that sometimes – I’ll just decide against using the appliance when I just think about having to clean it!  Not with the SodaStream! The ONLY thing you ever have to clean are the water bottles that you drink out of!  One drop of soap, give it a shake and a rinse – DONE!  Seriously – how easy is that??? 

- You can control every single aspect of your pop! I don’t like my pop too fizzy (as a matter of fact, when I buy bottles of pop, I shake them up, and just barely twist of the cap; and repeat about 20 times so that I can get it to my “fizz liking”).  With the SodaStream – you can put as much, or as little fizz into your drink as you’d like!! Not to mention – you can do the same thing with the syrups! I like flavored soda water – so I’ve been using just a splash of the Diet Pink Grapefruit syrup to make a sort of mix between soda water, and a watered down pop!  Mike likes his stuff strong, and full of sugar – so when he uses the regular syrup, he almost doubles the amount!   Thanks to the SodaStream – everyone is happy in the Green Dog Wine household. 

- Last (but certainly not least this day and age) - it pays for itself! I’ll give you an example!   Mike just tested out the “Energy” flavor yesterday and said it tasted EXACTLY like Red Bull.  That being said – look at the price breakout example:

1 container of “Energy” syrup makes 50 – 8 oz servings -   The bottle of syrup is $4.99 – so that makes .09 cents per 8 oz.

1 – 8 oz can of Red Bull usually costs around $2 – so if you were to get 50 – 8oz cans – it would cost you $100.

So what sounds better - $4.99 for 50 drinks, or $100 for 50 drinks – you be the judge!

Thanks to the SodaStream – I’ll say it again – you made EVERYONE in the Green Dog Wine household very happy!