What is soda?

Before we finally answer the question about what a soda is, we'll turn back and make a digression into history and ... chemistry.

Baking soda, in the language of chemistry - sodium bicarbonate, is a part of many medicinal-table waters of the hydrocarbonate-sodium group. For example, they include the popular mineral water "Borjomi".

Carbonated natural water was considered medicinal andwas used in medicine even before our era. The first artificial carbonated water appeared approximately in 1767-70, when a device called a saturator was invented, allowing to saturate ordinary water and other beverages with carbon dioxide.

However, it was an expensive pleasure, so withBy the early 19 th century, ordinary soda ash was being used to make soda. That's it when the sparkling water got its name "soda water". The appearance of the novelty aroused great interest, began to appear all sorts of recipes with the addition of soda. She began to dilute alcoholic beverages. It was at that time that such a well-known brand around the world was created, like Schweppes.

What is soda water in the modern world?

This is the common name of any carbonatedwater. No relation to food soda modern soda does not have water, since it does not contain it. It is just a kind of non-alcoholic beverage based on flavored or mineral drinks and saturated with carbon dioxide, which is injected there under high pressure, accordingly contains a large amount of carbon dioxide.

At home, soda water is cooked.not difficult. It is enough to add a little bit of baking soda (at the tip of the knife) and pshshshh ... in water with a small amount of citric acid ... we will hear the magic sound of effervescent soda.