How to Preserve Pop (or Soda)

Everyone loves pop, but when it gets flat, it tastes awful. It's as bad as drinking a room temperature milkshake. But there are ways to preserve pop as long as possible. Here are a few ways to save pop from getting flat quickly.

1. 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 drink when it's cool.

2. Lock it Up ASAP

As soon as you open up your soda bottle, pour your drinks and put the cap back on immediately, screwing it on as tightly as you can.

3. Squeeze the Life Out of it

It may not be the best method, but it works. After you pour some soda (around 60 percent) out of the bottle you can squeeze the bottle to remove as much excess air as you can.

USING A FIZZ KEEPER

A Fizz Keeper is a device that preserves the carbonation in soft drinks. It's a small hand pump that screws onto the top of a plastic soft drink bottle, which is used to pump air into the bottle. Pressurizing the bottle in this way, it is claimed that it prevents the drink from going flat. I've seen this being used once at a friend's birthday party, and the soda did taste good (but really, no new soda for a party? Lol.). This does not always work though, and by the way, it costs anywhere from $5-$20.