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Particularly beer. It's a carbonated liquid. If anything getting the exact portion control you want would be even easier. No longer would there be temptation to round up the amount you want to drink. It would be less wasteful than bottles and more convenient than mini kegs. It would be more economical and would stay as carbonated as soda. About a third of the price of beer is the container. That math is based on looking at the cheapest bottled soda in a store.

And why not coffee? Just buy all the coffee you need at once with no steps needed. If you make iced coffee with it its going to be fine. Big coffee wants you to buy a product from them every day, because they can make more money from you. You aren't buying your milk per drink? Why should you buy any liquid per drink or with extra packaging?

Buying anything every day is stupid. Just buy the finished product in a volume where you are taken care of for the week. It's how you buy anything else. Products should be sold in a way where you can accomplish that with minimum packaging.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you make iced coffee with it its going to be fine.

If you make iced coffee, like, mixing stuff up with ice, I suspect that you're better off just getting coffee syrup, which is available, and lets you select how dilute you want the coffee. Doesn't make a lot of sense to ship large bottles of water around when you already have a sink.

[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How am I not aware of that being a thing. I looked it up to confirm my stupidity but I ended up finding what I thought I would find. Syrup to add to coffee. I have never heard of anyone selling a concentrated coffee syrup.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Try looking for "cold brew concentrate" it's not really syrupy because there's usually no sugar, but it's meant to be diluted.

I don't think I've seen 2L containers specifically, I think I normally see it in 1qt bottles (which is roughly the same as a liter) but since you're diluting it it works out to about the same or even more (some brands are stronger than others, and personal preference of course comes into play, but usually I think I've seen them call for a 1:1 ratio of concentrate to water/milk, others might be 1:3 and maybe even higher, so that 1qt might be roughly equivalent to a 2l bottle, or even a gallon (roughly 4l) jug.

And if you add hot water, most of them make for a pretty decent cup of Joe, you don't have to drink it cold.

I remember one time I bought some, and my wife didn't realize it was meant to be diluted and had been drinking it straight and was wondering why she was so jittery until I caught her pouring a full glass of it. Also solved the mystery of why we were going through it so fast.

Chameleon cold brew is a pretty common (and I think pretty decent, though I'm no coffee snob) brand at least in my part of the states.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It looks like it's more-commonly called "coffee concentrate".

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=coffee+concentrate

I do also see it sold as "coffee syrup", but that gets mixed up with syrups that are added to coffee.