Kiss Imre: Szódavíz, egy magyar kultuszital, Szikvíz ipartörténeti album (Budapest, 2008)

Amikor még öröm volt. When it was still a fun - s a lényeg évszázadok óta nem változott - szívesebben nevezi szikvíznek az üzemileg előállított szénsavas vizet. A szakma persze nem idegenkedik a szódavíz elnevezéstől sem, hiszen akárhogy is ez az igazán népszerű elnevezése. A szállítható szénsavgáz elterjedése jelentősen változtatott a technológia megfelelő részén, könnyebbé és egyszerűbbé tette a szikvíz-gyárosok és munkásaik életét. Már éppen ujjongtak volna, ha valaki ki nem találja, hogy a szénsavat kis patronokba is lehet tölteni, amit aztán - akár otthon, horribile dictu - belecsavarhatunk az autoszifonba. Kit érdekel, hogy a gáz fele mellémegy; ki bánja, hogy jobb, ha kesztyűt húzunk, mert különben ráfagy a kezünk a patronra; s ki törődik vele, hogy a végén már rázni kell, hogy kijöjjön belőle a lé. Mert az utolja már csak lé, nem frissítő ital, s borunkat eszünkbe ne jusson azzal hígítani, de még a gyereknek is inkább sima csapvízzel adjuk a málnaszörpöt. Az igazi bosszúság pedig az, ha odanyúlva azt tapasztaljuk, point of view of design it cannot be disregarded either, many collectors are explicitely attracted by them. After this heretic digression let us have some fun by looking at the bottles that contain the product in its whole reality. On the basis of their sizes, colours, shapes and decorations several classifications could be set up - and yet we have not talked about the syphon-head without which we would hardly realize it is a seltzer bottle in front of us. Yes, there are uncountable kinds of syphon-heads, and their replacement or change was forbidden and punished in vain. Halls were appointed where the original owners could have got back their own bottles through exchange, but even today the situation is chaotic due to their poor states, the result of one-time repair-work and today's collectors. A bottle in good state and with the original syphon-head is - as the Hungarian saying goes - as rare as a white raven. And yet, the bottles (as one unit with the syphon-heads) look great, it is a great event to hold them and not only for the collectors. If you look at the visitors of the exhibitions, you do feel, they would be happy to hold and caress them. They want to recall the old feeling when they carried them two at a time for change, and the gleam in their eyes is not a lie. The very special and today hardly known bottle with ball stopper (also known as kracherli or krachedli) we like seeing on a shelf in the exhibition and we are glad to give an explanation on how it works. The pressure inside the bottle forced the glass ball into the neck and could be pushed back by using our finger. The ball got stuck at the lower, narrow part of the neck and because of a V-shaped edge inside the neck the ball was prevented from rolling back to our mouths. A visitor informed me that these balls were beloved by the children of the day - that is how