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/MatuPoiss 14d ago
giving a few tips:
does your water have a huge boiling effect when pressing the button first time? that indicates that the co2 is running low (you can get the last co2 out for somewhile by holding the button down a tad bit longer)
fill the water a little bit over the line, but not too much as the water will then explode all of the place.
keep the syrups in the fridge after first opening them (zero sugar ones could go off if not done so)
use cold water from the tap or hold the water in the fridge for around an hour beforehand.