Carbonated Beverage

As I said, for many years, my beverage choice was caffeine-free diet coke--slightly flat, if possible. Many people argued that it was the same as water, since it had nothing in it. My response was that whatever was in it made it taste so much more delicious than water. Turns out that whatever was in it is not, however, so much more healthy than water. Like a smoker, I always really knew this in the back of my mind, but after reading the Omnivore's Dilemma, I finally quit it.

And delicious seltzer stepped in to take it's place. Oh, seltzer. So delicious, so refreshing, so watery. But also so heavy, and kind of expensive when you drink 2-3 liters a day. At first, Alex would buy it for me at the co-op, but the cost of the car service pretty much negated any cost savings. Then I had FreshDirect deliver it for me. Effective solution, but it also made me feel like kind of a jerk for using all of the human and fossil fuel energy to essentially deliver water to my house.

And then I was invited to join the Soda Club, and fell in love. Soda Club is a carbonation machine which lets you make your own seltzer by screwing in a reusable bottle and then pressing a button to send carbonation into it . How do I love thee, Soda Club? Let me count the ways:

1. You are so cheap. I bought the slightly more extravagant Edition One Seltzer Lover Starter Kit for $129. So far I have had about 2 bottles of seltzer a day, and haven't finished one cartridge yet. Yippee!
2. You make me feel better about myself. I definitely reduced my carbon footprint by eliminating all of those plastic bottles from my life, as well as all that gas needed to get those bottles to my doorstep.
3. You are endless and delicious. You never run out, not even late at night. You are always there for me.

Now I just need to convince EchoDitto to buy us one for the new office.