At the same time as New York is trying to pass a soft drink tax, ABC News is doing an expose on Mountain Dew Mouth and doctors are urging all Americans to cut down on soda, Coca-Cola is debuting a new soda fountain that can hold more than 100 sodas. That's ten times more than current soda fountains.
Currently, fountains work through syrup bags. The restaurant buys a bag (actually, a bag in a rectangular box) from Coke or Pepsi, hooks it up to a soda line and then the fountain combines the carbonated water with the syrup to create your soda. The machines are limited by soda lines, which tend to gunk up with sugar mold, and by bulky soda bags that weigh 30 pounds or more.
The new Coke machine is completely different.
The new fountain is like an ink printer with space for hundreds of
cartridges. Each cartridge contains a concentrated formula of
ingredients. When you press your choice, say Diet Coke, the machine
will tell cartridge 12 to release three squirts, cartridge 81 two
squirts and so on, then it combines it with carbonated water and viola! The same drink as old machines.
The new fountains can hold a
lot more of these little cartridges, so they can handle a lot more
flavors. Coca-Cola promises 120 different drinks, but there could be even more as the technology gets better and the company gets more
confident. Hypothetically, the machine should be able to act as a
bartender too, allowing customers to get a Shirley Temple or Roy Rogers
in addition to regular drinks. All it would take is a cherry syrup
cartridge.
The first new fountains are rolling out
in Atlanta and California in a month. Assuming tests there go well and
the public loves its overwhelming choices, the new fountains would come
to Kansas City next year.
Coca-Cola's product list is more than 2,800 beverages long
so the company will have no shortage of drinks to pick for the new
machine. The main problem is how Coke protects its customers from the paradox of choice, when too many options overwhelm our brains and shuts them down from making a decision.
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Interesting evolution of the good old vending machine. Shame it cannot squeeze oranges though.
Epic! It's a real shame more people haven't heard about this place, this article had just the thing I needed :D
Well worth the read. Thanks for sharing this information. I got a chance to know about this.
That is really cool and really good news. I wonder if you can combine personal flavors as well?
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Wait Lee, what the heck are you saying? I think I met you in this mmorpg we used to play together? Was it maplestory?
I heard these might go to Tasmania sooner than later. Well, gotta feed those Tasmanian devil.
...annnd I want one for myself of course!
that is AWESOME!!! i want one!!! ohhh n shut the fuck up u nerds that say ohhh don't drink the water its just full of syrup, sugar, etc. DUH!!! Apparently we like that stuff if we keep drinkin it. Remember highly concentrated corn syrup is healthier and practically the same as sugar but with fewer calories so eat that!!!
that is AWESOME!!! i want one!!! ohhh n shut the fuck up u nerds that say ohhh don't drink the water its just full of syrup, sugar, etc. DUH!!! Apparently we like that stuff if we keep drinkin it. Remember highly concentrated corn syrup is healthier and practically the same as sugar but with fewer calories so eat that!!!
i need one of these machines around the corner ... like now ...
and who has heard about getting cancer drinking a diet coke ... ???
its all bull ...
Roy Rogers and Shirley Temples are made with grenadine, which is pomegranate flavored, not cherry.
Bah, who cares. Until vending machines in the US start carrying hot unsweetened beverages like they do in Japan (green tea for example), I won't be paying any attention. Who needs yet another version of carbonated corn syrup water?
--Naomi
soda, while not exactly health food, is not the evil, toxic brew that some think.
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore...
Please inform yourself.
So what happens if the machine fails? the syrup is highly concentrated and if cosumed undiluted it will eat away at your internals.
This is great. I love have so many choices in my soda. Wonder how much they cost? I want one!
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