How to Make Soda

Soda or soda water and soda soft drinks are perhaps one the most consumed non-alcoholic beverages, which are drunk as a plain soda, flavored soda, salty soda, ginger soda and fruit soda, fruit juice soda and many more, and above all, as a common diluent to various alcoholic drinks. In simple terms, soda is nothing but carbonated water that is mad effervescent by the addition of carbon dioxide gas under pressure.





Soda is the most common name in most parts of the world but there are also quite a few different names in some of the countries, for instance, Club Soda in the United States and Canada. The basic ingredients for making soda are water, carbon dioxide and common alkaline salts such as sodium bicarbonate. The origin of soda or carbonated water dates back to 17th century, which was invented by an Englishman from Leeds, England. Many people prefer to make soda at home because it is simple and quick and also saves a good amount of money over the readymade stores-purchased soda bottles. Moreover, you can also buy soda making kits or soda dispensers and make soda any time at home in a matter of two minutes.

How to Make Bath Bombs

Bath Bomb is a favorite bath item that is used to create lots of fizzy and bubbling water inside a bathtub. Bath bombs are easy to make and also a fun for giving away as gifts. Basically, a bath bomb is a mixture of a weak acid and a base of bicarbonates such as citric acid and sodium bicarbonate. Bath bombs are unreactive when in dry form but when dissolved in water, it reacts vigorously and produces a peculiar fizzing, which could last for few minutes.





Carbon Dioxide bubbles that generate from the water dissolved bath bombs provide a tickling sensation to boy, which is liked by many people. A simple bath bomb can be turned into a piece of fun by adding other ingredients such as rose flower petals, fragrant oils, glitter and any other substance that can impart fragrance and color. Traditional bath bombs are spherical in shape but you make bath bombs in varieties of shapes including tablets, and lumps. Many people say that taking a bath by throwing a bath bomb in bathtub is something like taking a bath in fizzy champagne.