Tim and I are hanging out with another couple from church tomorrow night and she said she will make hot cocoa from scratch for us, and I was like, "Wow, I've never had hot cocoa from scratch before, I didn't even know that was possible!" And Tim was like, "Yeah, you ground up your own cocoa, and you don't have all the preservatives and you can use whatever kind of organic sweetener you want." (I've been on this thing recently about not consuming aspartame and high fructose corn syrup, except that it's in EVERYTHING and I don't make anything from scratch. So this randomly gets me thinking this morning about soda and how we would ever make it from scratch, (Not that I would actually do it if we knew how.) so today when I was going through boxes in the guest room I found two Bed, Bath and Beyond gift cards, $150 worth, so Tim and I just went and guess what we found!!! A home soda maker!!! And the best part is for the diet soda there is no aspartame, and for the regular, no high fructose corn syrup!!!! You buy a machine that carbonates the water, and then you get different mixes. They have their own mixes for Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Orange soda, Pink Grapefruit Fresca, even Red Bull and some others. It's called SodaStream, and it's supposed to save money in the long run with the cost of buying soda. The mixes are 5 bucks, and make 6 liters and the carbonator, which is $15 to replace, is supposed to last for 60 liters. So now I won't have to worry about Tim drinking so much diet soda, and I won't feel as guilty for drinking it when I do. (I've been trying to cut back!)
Just wanted to share my excitement over our new purchase!! I hope everyone has a lovely evening!
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I've been hearing them advertised and they sounded really neat. You'll have to let us know how you like them. No more cans or bottled to dispose of either.
Wonder how many more gift cards you will find when you finish going through stuff.
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