mgardziella
Well-Known Member
I'm working on a book about a local bottling plant, and I have a question about the carbonation process that maybe some of you will know about.
Obviously, most bottlers would take a clean water source, use a machine to carbonate it, and then mix it with syrup. However, this particular bottler used artesian wells to source their water. Before bottling soda, they sold the mineral waters from these wells. In the 1930s advertising for the mineral water, it is implied that it is naturally sparkling - a phenomenon that apparently can happen with mineral water.
My question is this: do you think it is possible that soda could have been bottled with naturally sparkling water? Has anyone ever heard of this happening? Or do you think they would have artificially carbonated the water before mixing with the syrup?
Thanks for any thoughts or theories.
Obviously, most bottlers would take a clean water source, use a machine to carbonate it, and then mix it with syrup. However, this particular bottler used artesian wells to source their water. Before bottling soda, they sold the mineral waters from these wells. In the 1930s advertising for the mineral water, it is implied that it is naturally sparkling - a phenomenon that apparently can happen with mineral water.
My question is this: do you think it is possible that soda could have been bottled with naturally sparkling water? Has anyone ever heard of this happening? Or do you think they would have artificially carbonated the water before mixing with the syrup?
Thanks for any thoughts or theories.