A home soda machine to carbonate a liquid within a removable bottle at an operating pressure within said bottle at or below 6 bar to a carbonation level of at least 3.5 g/l. The home soda machine includes a carbonation unit to receive pulsed CO2 gas at at least 50 bar to provide the CO2 gas turbulently within a liquid within the removable soda bottle and an exhaust valve to control an operating pressure of the machine to a maximum of 6 bar.
