I love the carbonation in sparkling water and I also love Liquid I.V. I just now had the brilliant idea to combine the two. I've combined sparkling water with fruits and syrups before so I was expecting a tasty, hydrating beverage. What happened next was similar to a child's volcano experiment in science class. I panicked and tried to seal the bottle with my mouth but the bubbles just kept coming and I could feel them approaching my nose. I ran to the trashcan and spat it out, only to watch about half of my bottle of water shoot out like a tiny geyser. There was no stopping it. So now there is a trail of sticky water across the kitchen floor and a half empty bottle of lightly flavored, disappointing water.

I feel like I should have known better but, how could I have known?

TL ; DR Added hydration powder to sparkling water and caused a bubbly mess

Comments

Shoesandhose t1_j8fij7d wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:45 PM

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Today I learned this would happen if I did that.. time for some science

ArpeggioTheUnbroken OP t1_j8firxe wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:47 PM

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Replying to Shoesandhose (#1,801,509)

Once you science, please come explain it to me because I'm still confused with the events of the last few minutes

ThadisJones t1_j8fk0zg wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:55 PM

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ELI5: Sparkling drinks bubble because there's gas (carbon dioxide) dissolved in the water, and that gas collects into a visible bubble on rough surfaces that give the bubble a spot to "cling" on to. Drinking glasses are mostly smooth except for microscopic cracks and imperfections, so the gas forms bubbles slowly. Powdered or granulated drink mix is essentially nothing but rough surfaces, millions of times more rough spots than the inside of your glass. All the fizz in your drink turns into bubbles at once, and you get a handheld volcano.

ArpeggioTheUnbroken OP t1_j8fkm40 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:00 PM

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Replying to ThadisJones (#1,801,608)

That makes all of the sense. Thank you so much for breaking that down LI5. Lesson learned, next time I'll pour just a little at a time. The half I salvaged was really tasty so I haven't given up yet.

ThadisJones t1_j8flbqf wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:05 PM

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Replying to ArpeggioTheUnbroken (#1,801,647)

>next time

Dissolve your drink powder into a small amount of normal water first, so it becomes a concentrated liquid instead of a powder. Then add that into your carbonated water.

ZekeorSomething t1_j8fn68y wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:18 PM

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Bruh when I read the title I thought you were going to have a baby

ArpeggioTheUnbroken OP t1_j8fpiqn wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:35 PM

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Replying to ZekeorSomething (#1,801,829)

That is hilarious. I'm for sure going to refer to it as "making my water explode" when that time comes.

ArpeggioTheUnbroken OP t1_j8fpry4 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:36 PM

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Replying to ThadisJones (#1,801,683)

That is genius. Thank you. Can... I run other dumb ass ideas by you so you can tell me, scientifically, why it is a dumb ass idea? No more than like 30 times a year, tops.

jaypee42 t1_j8ga9sb wrote on February 14, 2023 at 2:11 AM

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I’ve even had this happen when trying to use a Soda stream to carbonate flavoured water.

CronkinOn t1_j8gy9zh wrote on February 14, 2023 at 5:39 AM

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