Why filling a cup at the soda machine the fizz doesn’t overflow but when filling a cup from a 2 liter the fizz is very volatile and over flows easily and both drinks taste like the same carbonation level.

Question

Wow so many different answers to this question and a lot sound like they could possibly be correct. So tonight I’m going to test the cold beverage theory. Will poring cold soda into my tumbler full of ice result in less fizz bubbles. Up until now I’ve only pored warm soda into the ice fill receptacle.

I will also test the suggestion to used watery ice instead of the cold dry ice right out of the freezer. Will the watery warmer ice result in less fizz. I will use my warm soda along with watery ice to see if I get a different result.

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

The machine at your local restaurant is half water.

50% water and 50% soda come out at the same time, if you pay attention to the stream you’ll easily be able to see the half water mixture.

This means it’s only half as fizzy, thus it doesn’t overflow like pure soda.