I am getting tired of Topo Chico’s antics. What are your alternatives that you enjoy?
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Gerolsteiner
I like Waterloo for their flavors, but very little hits that super carbonation level that topo Chico does.
I have a soda stream I was gifted used from my aunt, and I like my tap water so I should give that a go.
Spindrift
Mineragua is my go-to these days.
Polar Seltzer
I remember reading somewhere posted a while back on a social media aggregated site where a bunch of professional food taste testers unanimously agreed Polar was the best.
Liquid death
The dead billionaire is fantastic.
Jarritos Mineragua isn’t bad, and comes in glass bottles, but I still like Topo Chico in glass the most. I don’t drink it often though.
Orange Vanilla by polar springs.
Or anything in my DIY sodastream setup ;)
Ok, the curious masses are asking about your DIY Sodastream setup.
How fizzy does it make the water? I weirdly love super fizzy - the biggest thing I liked about Coke products.
It is nothing fancy.
I have an old SodaStream that I picked up second hand for 20 bucks, and an adapter from amazon that lets me hook up to a bar/resto sized CO2 container.
Add in a 5 foot extension line from a bar setup so that it can live up on a shelf and we are done.
The savings are remarkable. Instead of 20 bucks for 60litres of water, which I go through in about ten days, I get about 5 months of super bubbly water for 45 bucks total.
Sodastreams make the water as fizzy as you want it. You’re in control of the carbonation.
Cool, I might check them out then.
Personally my favourite is Nabeghlavi. I’m assuming that you’re in North America based on your current choice, in which case I checked and you’re in luck they do actually distribute to the US and Canada so you might want to look out for it but I imagine that as it’s imported it would be a bit pricey.
I love liquid deaths flavored sparkling water
I’ve tried a bunch but found almost all the bottled fizz I can buy to be quite bitter. I own one of those carbon sifon things now. Probably better known as sodastream in the Americas
If you’re only talking about plain I don’t have a recommendation, but for flavored I prefer Waterloo.
Waterloo Grape is the closest to an actual sugar-soda taste I’ve had. Does a great job at fooling your mind and tastes like grape. I also like the Ginger-lime combos from them and Nixie. Ginger does a lot to add flavor.
Cold tapwater + sodastream. You can filter your tapwater if needed in your area.
Replace Sodastream with a company that has less genocidal relations.
Like ?
I would say it depends on where you are, as some brands are not available in every country. IMO start backwards and find out which places near you offer canister refills or generic exchanges, and pick a compatible make. There’s also adapters that will let you plug in generic CO2 tanks into soda makers. Again, find local distributors of clean CO2, and you’ll have bigger refills for a fraction of the cost.
I use a Drink Mate omnifiz. Used the same co2 carts as the soda steam.
Do they let you use other/regular CO2 cartridges, or are they locked into the special ones but the SodaStreams are?
They use the standard CO2 cylinders, not the soda stream quick connect ones. I got an omnifizz to replace my soda stream and have been really happy with it. It doesn’t need electricity (our soda stream needed to be plugged in, not sure if they have powerless models), and the way the cap works lets you carbonate pretty much anything without it spilling out when you open it.
I use Arke for filtered water and carbonation, but I am in some respects a fancy bitch.
I got one of those too. Hooked it up to a co2 tank for a keg so don’t need to constantly refill
DrinkMate are the main alternative.
I use a bar soda siphon.
What happened with Topo Chico? They’ve always been my go-to soda water.
According to Consumer Reports, Topo Chico consistently tested the highest for PFAS among carbonated waters. But they also said almost all store-bought carbonated waters tested positive for PFAS.
Not sure what OP’s reasonings are, but the brand is owned by Coca-Cola, which has ties with Israel and operates a bottling factory in the occupied West Bank.
Ah, that makes sense, thanks!
