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The infrastructure to deliver other drinks without bottles is easy and has existed since the 19th century. Just ship the flavoring agents in some sort of syrup
by bunderbunder 8y ago
The infrastructure to deliver other drinks without bottles is easy and has existed since the 19th century. Just ship the flavoring agents in some sort of syrup form, and mix it with water at the dispensation site. Force-carbonate it onsite, if you like.
Compared to bottles, it has the added advantage of being really inexpensive. So much so that, when places like gas stations and convenience stores sell the same beverage in both fountain and bottled forms, the fountain version is typically sold at a steep discount relative to the bottled one.
- leetcrew 8y agoon the other hand, this method has the substantial disadvantage that beverages delivered this way usually taste significantly worse than their bottled counterparts. I suspect "natural" products like fruit juice necessarily suffer from being made into concentrates and reconstituted on demand. I'm not sure why it should be this way with soda, but in my experience soda from a bottle always tastes way better than from a fountain.
- bluntfang 8y ago>beverages delivered this way usually taste significantly worse As someone who prefers fountain soda and avoids bottle sodas due to taste (i believe it is level of carbonation), this is highly subjective and I urge you to look beyond your personal tastes (heh) on this subject.