User interface for portable carbonation device

A method of producing a carbonated beverage from a primary liquid through at least one chemical reaction, the method being implemented in a carbonation device that includes a base assembly, a beverage chamber that contains the primary liquid, a liquid reservoir positioned within the base assembly, a control interface, a reservoir fill valve that controls fluid communication of the primary liquid from the beverage chamber to the liquid reservoir, and a reservoir drain valve that controls fluid communication of the primary liquid from the liquid reservoir to one or more reactant cavities within the base assembly that hold one or more reactants, the method comprising:

• maintaining a ready position of a mechanical interface element, wherein the mechanical interface element is included in the control interface, wherein the mechanical interface element is movable between the ready position and an engaged position;
• receiving the primary liquid in the beverage chamber, such that the beverage chamber contains the primary liquid;
• communicating fluidly the primary liquid from the beverage chamber to the liquid reservoir via the reservoir fill valve;
• receiving user input from a user via the control interface to initiate the at least one chemical reaction to produce the carbonated beverage, wherein the user input includes manipulation of the control interface, wherein responsive to the manipulation of the control interface, the mechanical interface element transitions from the ready position to the engaged position;
• controlling the reservoir fill valve, subsequent to receiving the user input, such that the fluid communication of the primary liquid from the beverage chamber to the liquid reservoir is restricted;
• controlling the reservoir drain valve, subsequent to receiving the user input, such that the fluid communication of the primary liquid from the liquid reservoir to the one or more reactant cavities is enabled;
• receiving, at the one or more reactant cavities, the primary liquid from the liquid reservoir, such that the primary liquid at the one or more reactant cavities initiates the at least one chemical reaction, wherein the at least one chemical reaction generates a gas from the one or more reactants and water in the primary liquid;
• fluidly communicating the gas via a pathway from the one or more reactant cavities to the primary liquid held in the beverage chamber;
• receiving the gas within the beverage chamber that contains the primary liquid, such that the gas within the beverage chamber produces the carbonated beverage in the beverage chamber;
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• transitioning the mechanical interface element from the engaged position to the ready position;
• controlling the reservoir fill valve such that the fluid communication from the beverage chamber to the liquid reservoir is enabled, and
• controlling the reservoir drain valve such that the fluid communication from the liquid reservoir to the one or more reactant cavities is restricted.