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Somewhat related - pots made out of the earth/clay are very good at keeping the temperature cool. I wish we see more of them being used in western countries. I
by programmertote 6y ago
Somewhat related - pots made out of the earth/clay are very good at keeping the temperature cool. I wish we see more of them being used in western countries.
I remember my family in Myanmar storing water in big pots made out of clay like this one [https://images.app.goo.gl/hG4bDGtn34QhmdxP8 https://images.app.goo.gl/hG4bDGtn34QhmdxP8]. The water that is stored there is super cold and very refreshing for summer use. People use similar, but smaller pots for storing drinking water in parts of the streets so that anyone can take a sip if they are thirsty: https://images.app.goo.gl/hG4bDGtn34QhmdxP8 https://images.app.goo.gl/hG4bDGtn34QhmdxP8
I wonder if my country, which is now undergoing a brutal military coup, still makes such pots these days....
- tecleandor 6y agoIn Spain we have the famous "botijo" that's used for keeping water cold, and also, for drinking. Thing is, this only works in dry climate. A friend with several Spanish restaurants in Japan brought some botijos with him, and being Tokyo very humid in summer, they didn't work at all and kept "sweating" water.
- tharkun__ 6y agoI'm curious how this works. My first theory is that clay pots will actually let water evaporate. Kind of like you need to water plants in terra cotta planters more often in summer. Evaporation having a cooling effect - like humans sweating.
- abandonliberty 6y agoThe botijo has the property that once filled, it cools the water that it contains, acting as an evaporative cooler..
- cedricd 6y agoNot sure if they make them still today, but I saw those pots for sale by the hundreds at a market in Bagan about 10 years ago.
- hedora 6y agoIt looks like they disappeared a few years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/world/asia/myanmar-buddhism-water-clay-pots.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/world/asia/myanmar-buddhi... :-(