Fast Way to Cool Your Soda!!

by implaxis

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Intro: Fast Way to Cool Your Soda!!

Ever bought a 2-liter bottle (or even smaller) of soda from the store's aisle racks, only to get home and want some cold soda NOW? Well, in a few minutes you can have a nice cold one!

I always hate to cool some warm soda by dumping a bunch of ice into it. It always dilutes it by melting the ice so fast and making it watery and less carbonated. This way will retain most of the fizziness and won't dilute it at all!

STEP 1: You Will Need:

a 2-quart/liter pitcher
a Ziploc gallon Storage bag (Storage rather than Freezer, allows for more cold transfer)
a tray of ice cubes (the smaller cubes, the better)
1/4 cup of Kosher or other large salt crystals (I recommend only edible salts, not the kind you'd use on your driveway, in case of leakage) Regular table salt will do in a pinch...
1/4 cup water

STEP 2: Dump the Ice and Salt Into the Ziploc Container

This might even fit in a quart-size bag.

STEP 3: Add Some Cold Water

Add 1/4 cup of cold water to aid the ice/salt cooling combination.

STEP 4: Compress and Secure

Squeeze as much air as possible out of the bag and secure it.

STEP 5: Place

Place the bag in the pitcher. The salt and water and ice are working already!

STEP 6: Pour and Wait (a Short Time)

Pour your soda into the pitcher. Depending on your ice/salt/water combination, you may have some cold soda ready in as little as 7-10 minutes. The more you pour in, the longer you will have to wait.

STEP 7: Pour Out!

When it is ready, pour into your glass! Add ice as preferred, but now it won't melt as fast as if you'd added it to the warm soda.

15 Comments

bugisarunner 13 years ago

what would the control be? I am doing this for my science project!!! <3

Kiteman 15 years ago

Ah, the appliance of Science - never fails.

GorillazMiko 15 years ago

Hehehehe. HAHAHAHA! MWAUHAHAHAHA! I AM THE MASTER OF THE WORLD! MWUAHHAHA!

Kiteman 15 years ago

Who gave him caffeine? Come on, own up....

Foaly7 14 years ago

I didn't. Or did I? I forget. I think it was me. I shared mine with him. HA he he he! CAFFEINE!

Warlrosity 14 years ago

UH, sorry, he promised to behave

daninja 15 years ago

True. Except that it didn't put Einstein's pants on at the one party.

ItsTheHobbs 15 years ago

What if I really want it... NOW.

implaxis 15 years ago

Buy a cold one from the store. :-)

Gerber54 15 years ago

this is good for cooling down a beer right quick

Vertigo666 15 years ago

I put 4 ice cubes in my Sprite, keeps it cool and the dilution to a minimum