home made soda

We made homemade soda. You combine two litres boiling water with some
honey, teabags, and some sort of fruit (we used blueberries), and let
it steep together a while. Remove teabags, leave everything else
until the water is about room temp (65-85 degrees). Then strain it
into a bottle and add some yeasties. Cap it, let it sit 24 hours
(again at room temp), then refrigerate.

The yeasties devour the sugar (honey) and poop out carbon dioxide,
which essentially carbonates the drink.

I told someone at work about this and they said, "What's the alcohol
content of that?" I evaded the question at first, because I didn't
think there should be and slowly began to wonder myself. "What does
yeast making carbon dioxide actually do, then?" he asks, smiling.
"Uh... well, I guess it sort of ferments... well, there can't be MUCH
alcohol in it...?"

I still didn't think alcohol would be an issue. However, the problem
I have with this drink, now that we've tasted it, is that it tastes
like beer without the beer aftertaste. Needs more honey next time?

Dammit...

~nv