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After the Fukushima earthquake I was walking from Ebisu to Roppongi (all the subways were shuttered). A cold evening and I wasn't properly dressed. Then I tur

After the Fukushima earthquake I was walking from Ebisu to Roppongi (all the subways were shuttered). A cold evening and I wasn't properly dressed. Then I turned the corner and saw a machine with Tommy Lee Jones' staring down selling hot cans of Boss Coffee. Made the night a little easier.

beefsack 9y ago
I used to love the coffee vending machines until I accidentally got one with jelly chunks in it and was afraid to ever try again. We had a Cup Noodle vending machine on our university campus which sold the elusive curry flavour, possibly the food I'm most nostalgic about from my time living over there.
- Danieru 9y ago
  Just a small guess, but was that a Dydo stocked vending machine? Dydo stuff tends to be what the absolute cheapest vending machines offer. About five times I have bought a Dydo coffee, and five times I have decided to never do so again. Any of the Coca-Cola or Kirin (Pepsi does not exist beyond the brand here) stocked vending machines should be good and safe.
FajitaNachos 9y ago
The Hard Black. Delicious.
CryptoPunk 9y ago
Do you know long the coffee cans are kept heated? I'm concerned that those cans have had hot coffee in them for days on end, which is generally not good for food (heat breaks down its nutrients and often produces free radical byproducts).
- jdale27 9y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-heating_can https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-heating_can
  - Cthulhu_ 9y ago
    Neat. I have / used to have a pair of 'hand warmers', plastic bags with a fluid of sorts and a copper (?) coin you can 'flip over', the click / shock causing the fluid to crystallise and generate heat. Those can be reused too by putting the (crystallised) bag into hot water for a bit.
  - CryptoPunk 9y ago
    Are the heated cans sold in the Japanese vending machines self-heating cans? EDIT: According to this, the Japanese ones keep the cans heated: http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/article/10273776/hot-can-vending-initiatives-emerge-in-the-us http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/article/10273776/hot-can-v... >>Proprietary heating technology >>Unlike hot can drink machines in Japan, the Starbucks machine does not keep the steel cans heated. Instead, the container heats after the customer makes a selection.
    - jdale27 9y ago
      Not sure in general, but I'm pretty sure I have encountered the self-heating kind in Japan.

beefsack 9y ago

I used to love the coffee vending machines until I accidentally got one with jelly chunks in it and was afraid to ever try again. We had a Cup Noodle vending machine on our university campus which sold the elusive curry flavour, possibly the food I'm most nostalgic about from my time living over there.

Danieru 9y ago
Just a small guess, but was that a Dydo stocked vending machine? Dydo stuff tends to be what the absolute cheapest vending machines offer. About five times I have bought a Dydo coffee, and five times I have decided to never do so again. Any of the Coca-Cola or Kirin (Pepsi does not exist beyond the brand here) stocked vending machines should be good and safe.

FajitaNachos 9y ago

The Hard Black. Delicious.

CryptoPunk 9y ago

Do you know long the coffee cans are kept heated? I'm concerned that those cans have had hot coffee in them for days on end, which is generally not good for food (heat breaks down its nutrients and often produces free radical byproducts).

jdale27 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-heating_can https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-heating_can
- Cthulhu_ 9y ago
  Neat. I have / used to have a pair of 'hand warmers', plastic bags with a fluid of sorts and a copper (?) coin you can 'flip over', the click / shock causing the fluid to crystallise and generate heat. Those can be reused too by putting the (crystallised) bag into hot water for a bit.
- CryptoPunk 9y ago
  Are the heated cans sold in the Japanese vending machines self-heating cans? EDIT: According to this, the Japanese ones keep the cans heated: http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/article/10273776/hot-can-vending-initiatives-emerge-in-the-us http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/article/10273776/hot-can-v... >>Proprietary heating technology >>Unlike hot can drink machines in Japan, the Starbucks machine does not keep the steel cans heated. Instead, the container heats after the customer makes a selection.
  - jdale27 9y ago
    Not sure in general, but I'm pretty sure I have encountered the self-heating kind in Japan.