Just ditch Sodastream if you can. They're an Israeli company that fires Palestinian workers over their religious beliefs and have production facilities on illegal settlements:
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I'm not ditching a perfectly good device, but I might get an alternative gas source
Where i live, one of the local fire extinguisher companies refills them for cheaper than the "official" refills.
Oh nice! I'll have to look into that! But I think I'm going to go with an adapter and a 10kg canister
For sure. Get one used (super inexpensive on kijiji) and buy third party co2. No issues there, and no reason to give them money.
Monsieur Cocktail syrups are really good. I’m a big fan of their raspberry and ginger ones.
https://www.monsieur-cocktail.com/en/collections/sirops-et-tonics-a-cocktails-naturels-quebec
Interesting selection of flavours! Thank you for sharing 👍
Tacking on to this, what options are there for SodaStream-like systems that avoid US companies?
I’ve only come across a couple of European ones but they’re prohibitively expensive.
Buy the sodastream used, since the co2 bottles are more compatible that with other brands.
For co2, you can get the Canadian replacements: https://www.indigosoda.ca/en/
But some DIY brewery shops will also offer co2 refills (or you can do it yourself with a larger initial investment).
There's no reason to actually give the sodastream company money 😁
Get and adapter/conversion kit and attach a generic CO2 canister.
have you tried just fruit juice, like apple and blackberry makes a nice drink with carbonated water?
Yeah, I'm a fan. My wife, however, likes traditional soda flavours. 🤫
Maple syrup I’m kidding, but tbh it could be good
A&W in Canada is Canadian (They split from the American company in the 70s) so A&W Root beer is safe although I don't know about any kind of syrup.
No idea about an alternative to cola although I've found some videos of a guy making home made syrups/soda
Coke: https://youtu.be/KWaNiwcQK2M
1886 coke (for fun): https://youtu.be/IWYuPE8rkeE
A&W in Canada is Canadian (They split from the American company in the 70s) so A&W Root beer is safe although I don’t know about any kind of syrup.
You certainly pointed me in the right direction! As I was looking for A&W syrup, I came across "Fizzy-pop", and their house brand syrup is made in Canada from the look of it.
Even their Cola syrup label says "Made in Canada", so I think I found a source!! Thanks!!
Glen and Friends is Canadian, too, so if you can't kick YouTube, at least support Canadian content!
Small disclaimer: their restaurants are, their store products are done by Coke
I use Crystal Lite packets. But I have a DrinkMate which you can put your flavours in before carbonating.
It's for my wife, who likes soft drink flavours. But I'm personally fine with all kinds of flavours, natural or otherwise 😂
I don't know any that are Canadian, but I use 0 sugar flavoured root beer packets to make homemeade "rootbeer".
Works well enough.
There's a shop in my town that refills the canisters for $6, so I just go there for that. Also, I've found a number of websites that ship large amounts of syrup (2 or 4 liters at a time) from Canada with an easy web search. I couldn't see where the syrup was actually produced, however.
Yes, I found a few places. Strangely enough, they seem to be the "same" place, operating under two different companies. Their website has a similar interface, product descriptions are the same, etc.
But their house brands of syrup are made in Canada, so I'll be going with one of them. And yeah, you have to get larger sized bottles, but I think the price works out to be similar to Sodastream syrup.
I've seen other refill places for the CO2, so that's a non-issue for me. Mostly the syrup that I was worried about.