I’ve been making yogurt for years (thanks to my grandmother) and now that I have a young family, I wanted to make a fun and healthy yogurt drink for my daughter to enjoy as a snack. So I thought, why not add some bubbles?

 

I had recently bought my wife a Soda Stream and, inspired by Doogh, Iran’s widely-loved fizzy, fermented yogurt drink, I thought I would try carbonating a smoothie I had just made. Not surprisingly, I broke the machine (it was only 1 week old). When I finally yanked the over pressured bottle of the machine, my kitchen was immediately doused in a fresh layer of smoothie… but it tasted awesome! 

 

That began a long experimentation process to figure out how to properly carbonate a yogurt smoothie. Doogh is often created through a long fermentation process, which results in quite a sour flavor. I wanted to see if I could do it without losing the fruity smoothie taste. Not easy to do given the viscosity of yogurt and the fact that most co-packers won’t touch dairy. After many explosive experiments - hilarious for the kids, but the clean up was no joke - I’m happy to say that after a year and a half of tinkering, I’ve finally gotten Bijano down!