Flavored beverage carbonation process

A carbonated beverage system, comprising:

• a housing having
• a chamber fluidly coupled to a fluid source and to a pressurized gas source, the chamber being configured to receive a first fluid from the fluid source and to dispense a second fluid to a single fluid outlet,
• a flavorant receptacle configured to receive a flavorant container such that the flavorant container is configured to receive gas from a pump in the housing and the flavorant container is configured to dispense flavorant from a flavorant fluid outlet, the flavorant fluid outlet being spaced apart from the single fluid outlet, and the single fluid outlet and the flavorant outlet being positioned above a platform configured to support a beverage container, and
• a user interface configured to receive one or more user-specified inputs;
• wherein an amount of the gas received from the pump corresponds to a user-selected amount of flavorant to be dispensed from the flavorant fluid outlet, the user-selected amount of flavorant being received at the user interface.

A beverage system for preparing a flavored beverage, comprising:

• a housing having a chamber therein and configured to operably couple to a fluid source and a pressurized gas source, and the housing having a flavorant system configured to operably couple to a flavorant container that includes an inlet valve and an outlet valve;
• and
• a processor disposed in the housing and configured to cause, in response to at least one user-selected input received at a user interface located on the housing:
• a first fluid to be dispensed from the fluid source into the chamber and a second fluid to be dispensed from the chamber to a receptacle, and
• gas to be delivered into the flavorant container through the inlet valve to cause a flavorant within the flavorant container to be dispensed through the outlet valve into the receptacle, the flavorant being dispensed into the receptacle separate from the second fluid to form a flavored beverage, an amount of gas corresponding to an amount of the flavorant dispensed through the outlet valve into the receptacle;
• wherein the at least one user-selected input characterizes at least one of a custom amount of second fluid to be disposed from the chamber to the receptacle and a custom amount of flavorant dispensed through the outlet valve into the receptacle.