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Non American here... What am I looking at?
Edit: thanks for explaining. Its not an american thing like I thought in the first place ^^
BIB - Bag in a Box
Standard format for soda and juice sryurps around the world. Dispensed via a fountain or a bargun.
Feel free to ask me any thing, installing and maintaining soda equipment is my life.
Just don't ask me anything about freestyle machines, cause I don't know jack about those monstrosities.
What're your thoughts on SodaStream?
What was the worst thing you ever saw? I'm guessing if you maintained them you occasionally were called I to fix things when something went wrong. So what went wrong?
So I'm thinking of picking up a used system off Facebook, good or bad idea?
That is the first time that somebody made soda equipment sounds interesting and I am ready to dive into a new rabbithole while I cannot sleep 😆
What are "freestyle machines"?
https://youtu.be/-a29Ygyzc2c
I expected that response, see the fern video.
My reason for the dislike is it feels more like diagnosing a computer than a soda fountain. I enjoy old analog equipment. However the soda drinker side of me loves using them when they are working well.
Free-style is Coke's brand of pick-your-flavor touchscreen hell.
you asked the one thing they told you not to...
Don't have to be American afaik. That's a box of soda/pop sodapop syrup. You open it up, and connect it to the hoses that connect to the fountain. Can lick tho cap before you toss it too, usually a bit of extra syrup in them. :3
Aaaah OK, no i KNOW that we have these syrup containers in Europe, but never saw one in my life for real. Always thought those where like giant plastic bottles
I have changed these in Europe, so yeah, not limited to the US.
That's only because the US is not limited to the US -_-
Ahh didn't see the Coca Cola logo at first, I thought it was the ketchup boxes you hook up to the pump at the self service station.
Here's Heinz Ketchup/mustard keystone bags:
As a bonus, here's a used bag from a batch that probably should have been recalled due to a packager malfunction:
I assume these other connectors should not be in there?
Soda fountains/soda machines dispense the beverages from a large bag of syrup (maybe the straight beverage itself if they are non-carbonated) that is usually like 3 gallons which mixes with CO2. So the Coca-Cola in the image is hooked up to a tube that funnels the syrup into the machine and mixes with the CO2 to create the beverage you want.
It is mixed with CO2 and lots of water. usually about 5:1, so this BIB makes 30 gallons of soda.
It's soda syrup. Fast food places buy these and CO2 dispensers to make soda that most Americans drink.