Thread: Fountain/can/bottle

What the hell are fountain drinks?

They have Cola fountains?

I prefer cans of the options above; the metal keeps gives the drink a colder taste, provided that it has been in the fridge or freezer for a while. But I'm using a 32oz (1 litre) metal thingie to drink from. I don't know what it is called, but it is used for baking.

Originally Posted by King

I prefer cans of the options above; the metal keeps gives the drink a colder taste, provided that it has been in the fridge or freezer for a while.
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That's why I prefer cans too. It also holds the fizz better because you have to drink it right away, and can't reopen and close it ten times until it loses all the fizz like a bottle. I think that can and fountain are mostly tied except the cool feeling of the can wins. But if glass bottle were an option I'd vote for that just because those glass coke bottles from the past look so cool.

I think cans taste better. I have fountain pop constantly at work (Pizza hut) it's nothing special. I don't mind bottles, but I think cans are better.

Originally Posted by Kaniaz

What the hell are fountain drinks?

They have Cola fountains?
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The pop you get in a cup from the machine at fast food places. NA WAT I MEAN?!

Don't know what fountain drinks are But out of bottled and canned, canned wins

Originally Posted by Artelis

The pop you get in a cup from the machine at fast food places. NA WAT I MEAN?!
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NO!

I prefer fountains, since they don't have the plastic taste that bottles have. I don't really care if someone with a decease drinks from the same fountain. I can't catch diceases due to my incredible omg-lolness.

eh, maybe fountain drinks aren't big outside of the US. Basically it's just a machine that mixes the carbonated water and the pop syrup as it's pouring into your cup. That way the company providing the machine can buy the syrup and the carbonated water seperately.

any idea where you can buy the syrup? that would be pretty cool to be able to make custom soda with the syrup stuff, and its probably cheaper than regular soda (not that i actually drink enough that it matters).

cans just seem to taste nicer and re normally colder with a shaper taste whereas bottles seem warm kind of bland but i dont really care that much
and what are fountains?

*shrugs* honestly.. I can't even tell the diference. Though, for some reason I always go for tap water.

Canned.

Originally Posted by ben

cans just seem to taste nicer and re normally colder with a shaper taste whereas bottles seem warm kind of bland but i dont really care that much
and what are fountains?
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READ. THREAD.

I don't know where you can buy the syrup. Probably only directly from the manufacturer. You'd also need to have a source of carbonated water. I don't think it would be cheaper unless you were doing it all in bulk.

That's what I see, when I think of a fountain. I prefer those, since they're like tap-water, but it feels better to drink from fountains. Atleast for me.

Okay, for you guys who don't know what a fountain is, here:



Are these just not used outside of the US or something?, because just about every single fastfood type (like you don't have to sit at the table and be waited on) restaurant has one here.

I've been to the US and seen them a lot (and they rock), but I never knew they were called fountains. I thought of them as super express vending machines or waterholes of carbonated glory. Not fountains.

That's a softwater machine, not a fountain! They're in all resturants in Denmark.

Originally Posted by Kaniaz

I've been to the US and seen them a lot (and they rock), but I never knew they were called fountains. I thought of them as super express vending machines or waterholes of carbonated glory. Not fountains.
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Yea I wasn't wuite sure if everyone would know what a fountain drink was. I hope its cleared up by now. It would be sweet to have your own soda fountain at your house though.

Originally Posted by PenguinLord13

Okay, for you guys who don't know what a fountain is, here:



Are these just not used outside of the US or something?, because just about every single fastfood type (like you don't have to sit at the table and be waited on) restaurant has one here.
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Ah, yes. I never knew they were called fountains, but they're pretty common here in the Neverlands.
Well, I like canned soft drinks best - The metal gives it an icy feeling and keeps it colder, as has been said before in this topic. Also, you're sure the fizz is still in it - unless you open it and let it be somewhere for a pretty long time. With bottles on the other hand, the fizz goes out pretty quick because it, well, moves and is opened, closed, reopened, closed, etc.

So yes, canned > *.

Originally Posted by Marvo

That's a softwater machine, not a fountain! They're in all resturants in Denmark.
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I find this really interesting. No one from europe has any idea what this fountain thing is, but when shown a picture of what is called a fountain in america, they suddenly realize that they have that exact thing everywhere too, and it is just a naming difference. I was wondering howcome nobody knew what those were. It didn't make sense that only america has them, but the different names explains everything. It's funny how a naming difference can cause such confusion between people.

I'm sorry to rain on the enlightenment parade, PenguinLord, but we don't actually have them here.

Originally Posted by Kaniaz

What the hell are fountain drinks?

They have Cola fountains?
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Umm. Supposedly water.