Soda Water
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the glasses
Fill two tumblers one-third full of water.
Mix and drink
Dissolve 30 grains of soda in one glass.
Dissolve 25 grains of tartaric acid in the other glass.
Mix the two solutions together and drink immediately.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Tartaric acid
- Supplies acidity that reacts with the soda to release carbon dioxide bubbles.
- Aerated soda
- Reacts with the acid to release carbon dioxide, which makes the drink fizz.
The step that matters
Mix the two solutions together and drink immediately. Carbon dioxide escapes from water quickly, so the fizz fades within minutes. Drinking right after mixing keeps most of the bubbles in the glass.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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