The biggest lesson I have learned about my SodaStream Machine in the week since I bought.

Well to begin with it helps to read the directions. :o(

But even the directions IMO weren't very explicit. To begin with they don't even tell you how much syrup to add, it is on the syrup bottles. I guess that is to make sure you buy their syrup and not make your own.

I had no problem with that except I do not like the taste of Splenda and all there diet flavors are sweetened with it.

The biggest lesson I learned, and it was by reading ideas for recipes from other blogs, was that I wasn't pushing hard enough on the button. You have to push it REALLY HARD. Besides seeing the bubbles you will here a LOUD hissing sound, louder than the initial one you see and hear when you start to see the bubbles.

Because of that, my first SEVERAL attempts at making a soda for myself were very disappointing to me indeed. I will make a video for youtube showing this, but as I type this I am rushing out the door to one of the kids school fall conferences so it will have to wait until I have more time.

I also have several recipes and links to other blogs saved to my pocket file on my phone which I will be adding to this blog as the weather gets worse and I am home more.