Tuesday, September 29, 2015

"Keurig unveils its new home-brew soda machine"

"The all-white, $369.99 machine stands apart from previous carbonated and cold brew machines like Soda Stream, Keurig Green Mountain CEO Brain Kelley told me, because the device produces a carbonated drink without the need of a CO2 canister. Kold Pods, which will cost between $4.49 and $4.99 for a four-pack, actually include CO2 beads. It also delivers a cold beverage. "Other machines [drinks] don't come out cold," said Kelley. It's also starting out with some big name partners: Keurig Kold will be able to make Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper drinks..."


"Keurig gave the press an opportunity to brew our own cold and carbonated drinks... I hit the blue button and then waited as the device cooled the water to 44 degrees Fahrenheit. That was followed by a hissing sound and then a rush of carbonated water into the 8-ounce cup I'd placed below the dispenser. That was followed quickly by what looked like the flavor syrup. This all took about a minute and then my drink was ready. It tasted like fresh-from-the-bottle Coca-Cola. I was impressed."

h/t Sandy 

11 comments:

rhhardin said...

You'd get carbon credits if it harvested carbon from the air.

I'm not sure how you'd tell if the Mr. Pepper is off or not. "Give me a drink with a chemical taste."

deborah said...

Keeping up with the boneheads.

AllenS said...

I'm so old that I remember going to places that had a soda fountain. Where you ordered a soda, and they would add which flavor syrup that you wanted, then they added unflavored carbonated water to it.

I usually ordered a cherry coke. I was pretty cool back then.

Aridog said...

we have one of those "seltzer" or carbonated water makers by famous brand. It is the VERY MOST USELESS device in our kitchen....soon to be trashed when the last of the expensive C02 cartridges (good for about 3 drinks) is used up. Judi bought it because she likes plain old carbonated water...and even she is embarrassed by her folly. When I set it out on top of the trash containers (people always take those things) I may add a note saying "take this only if you have endless funds" to keep it going.

Yeah, I remember soda fountains...my favorite was a "Cherry Phosphate" with a "Cherry Coke" a close second. My idea of an ideal "lunch" in those kid-days was a big bowl of chili and a cherry phosphate soda. Some how those old made in front of you drinks seemed better (extra "cherry" please) than their bottled versions today...or is that just my nostalgia taking over :)

Aridog said...

On the other hand we also have one of those very simple one cup (no reservoir) at a time Keurig coffee makers and I can use my locally roasted and ground coffee blend in it due to the feature of a little screen-walled canister that you can load yourself. Now THAT device is great when you want a fast single cup of hot coffee...and gets used a lot.

Leland said...

Assuming $2.00 per 20oz bottle, 180 sodas would last me a few years. Bonus, I can purchase them cold almost anywhere I want to be.

Amartel said...

I lurv my Sodastream.

deborah said...

Ari, I do that with my regular Keurig sometimes. I'll grind up about a half cup of beans, almost to powder consistency, than keep it in the freezer.

JAL said...

$1+ per 8 oz drink?

Aridog said...

deborah ...everyone's taste is a bit different, but I'd suggest a courser grind for the Keurig canister...it will be naturally "sweeter" and less bitter. The ultra fine grind makes it like Turkish Coffee, popular where I live, but not what I want at 0530 AM.

I grind my own beans only when I can't get to my local roastery inside 7 days...they roast fresh every Sunday and grind fresh every Monday AM. I have a small half quart jar of beans of my preferred blend (70% Dark Italian roast / 30% Light to Medium roast Arabica (just in case. :-)

Aridog said...

Deborah ... should add that I go through about 1.5+ lbs of coffee every week, so I always have some frozen grind as well. I realize I am inadvertently fortunate to live where roasteries are plentiful...these Arab neighbors of mine drink a lot of coffee too and it must be fresh, even the Turkish blends of fine ground dark roast they drink in small cups with honey or sugar. If you stop at a neighbor's porch here in the evening you WILL be served some Turkish coffee...it seems de rigueur like a hand shake.