How to keep drinks carbonated
I like to occasionally, but not regularly, have a carbonated drink such as soda water. Buying these in small containers is more expensive and uses more packaging. Big containers go flat before I have finished them. How can I keep my carbonated drinks from going flat for as long as possible?
Best Answer
Transfer the contents of the large bottle to several smaller bottles.
Fizzy drinks go flat because each time they are opened & re-closed, the gas is released from the liquid until parity pressure is reached in the container, preventing any more from escaping.
Once you've reached about the halfway point in any size bottle, you're on a losing run from thereon in. Every time you release the pressure, whether you drink or not, you have a lot of gas to release from the liquid to reattain parity pressure.
If you continue to re-use the smaller bottles, the planet will send you a big green hug too ;-)
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The best way to keep carbonated soft drinks fizzy is to transfer the soda into a bottle with a lid. The second best option is to cover the top of the can help prevent the carbonation from leaking out. Whichever method you opt for, soda will still usually go flat within 2 to 3 days after opening.How do you preserve carbonated drinks?
"As soon as you pour the product, be sure to seal it" with a lid. Temperature is also important, Mr. Redman says, so store the opened soda bottle in the refrigerator. "It's a basic law of physics: If you keep a dissolved gas in solution, you keep that solution as cool as possible," he says.How do you keep carbonated drinks from going flat can?
Keep It Cold The cooler it is, the better it will keep. Basically, in order to keep a dissolved gas in a solution longer, that solution must be as cold as possible. That's why cold soda is so much harder to chug when it's cool.How to keep Fizz in your Soda!
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