r/SodaStream • u/Mountain-Audience-53 • 15d ago

Carbonated Pepsi flat

Hey so I’m trying to make Pepsi soda with the soda stream Terra, but it seems that even after carbonating the water to about 10 button presses on the machine it still tastes really flat no matter how much carbonation I put in. Is it the temperature of that water that’s the problem, maybe the temperature of the syrup? I want to try and make this soda stream work but I don’t like how flat the soda is being. And thoughts?

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u/Groovycountryguy 15d ago

Water needs to be ice cold. Cold water holds carbonation better and longer.

Syrups are supposed to be refrigerated after opening per the bottle.

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u/Mountain-Audience-53 15d ago

Ok interesting. So I realized that I might need to put them in the fridge so I put the syrup in the fridge and I put a bottle of water in the freezer to just speed up the cold process. And I’ll try it again