Keurig unveils its new home-brew soda machine, and we tried it

NEW YORK — Keurig Green Mountain, the company best known for getting millions of people hooked in single-cup coffee brewing, is now hitching its wagon to fizzy bubbles as it prepares to take on instant carbonated drink-making king Soda Stream with Keurig Kold, its own one-button carbonated drink machine

While Keurig Kold was announced earlier this year, Keurig finally unveiled the product and gave journalists a palate-on experience on Monday night in Manhattan.

The all-white, $369.99 machine stands apart from previous carbonated and cold brew machines like Soda Stream, Keurig Green Mountain CEO Brain Kelley told me, because the device produces a carbonated drink without the need of a CO2 canister. Kold Pods, which will cost between $4.49 and $4.99 for a four-pack, actually include CO2 beads. It also delivers a cold beverage. "Other machines [drinks] don't come out cold," said Kelley. It's also starting out with some big name partners: Keurig Kold will be able to make Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper drinks. Read more...