Another Way to Make Soda Water
Ingredients
Directions
Make the solutions
Dissolve 1 teaspoon of carbonate of soda in ½ cup of cold water in a tumbler.
Dissolve ¾ teaspoon of tartaric acid in ½ cup of cold water in a separate tumbler.
Combine and serve
Pour the soda mixture into the acid mixture and drink immediately while it effervesces.
For a variation, use citric acid instead of tartaric acid, and adjust the quantity to taste.
For a warming tonic, add a small amount of brandy or white wine, or use tepid water.
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
- Carbonate of soda
- Reacts with the acid to release carbon dioxide, which makes the drink fizz.
- Tartaric acid
- Provides the sour acid that reacts with the soda to produce bubbles.
The step that matters
Drink immediately after combining. The carbon dioxide bubbles form as soon as the soda and acid mix and escape quickly from the liquid. Waiting lets the fizz fade, so the drink loses its effervescence.
“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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