Home Carbonator
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Last year I `read about home carbonation`_, and looking at the amount of club soda Kate and I buy it made sense.  The only unknown was where to put the ugly tank that would be out of sight yet still convenient to use.

Months later coworkers and I were at the `Red Stag`_, which carbonates their own sparkling water, and talked about doing the same at the office. I still didn't act until a friend got a `soda club`_ machine as a gift.

This weekend I (or actually Kate since I was running late) went to `Northern Brewer`_ and picked up parts ``K003``, ``KX03``, and ``K026`` to build the setup below.  It really does work as easy as the first article promises, and the price including the purchase of a tank came to $200 total.  So far the best thing we've carbonated was orange juice, but I'm looking to try some fruit purees soon.

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.. _read about home carbonation: http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001818.php

.. _Red Stag: http://www.redstagsupperclub.com

.. _soda club: http://www.sodaclub.com

.. _Northern Brewer: http://www.northernbrewer.com


.. |carbonator.jpg| image:: /unblog/static/attachments/2008-05-31-carbonator.jpg


.. date: 1212210000
.. tags: home,ideas-built