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.
Subsequent question, why can’t you sell pr store beer in plastic? I’ve never realized till this post that every beer I’ve ever seen is in a glass bottle, metal can or metal keg. Never in plastic.
I am shocked that so many people are buying pre-made coffee.
Not that they’re buying a cup of coffee at the diner, or getting some syrupy, coffee-flavored suger drink from Starbucks while out and about… but that a bunch of all y’all are buying pre-brewed coffee for your home. I honestly didn’t realize so many people were doing this.
I mean, it’s not even hard, unless you’re doing some James Hoffman pour-over method, at which point you may as well admit you’re doing it for the ritual. But brew a pot, put it in a thermos, and there’s your liter of coffee.
Why? Just, why?
I get iced coffee in a carton.
It’s inexpensive and I like it. End of story.
You can buy a 64z beer, which is two quarts, at many breweries in the US, and even refill a reusable glass jug called a growler to do it. That’s close enough to two liters.
Buying anything every day is stupid. Just buy the finished product in a volume
Nah, nothing beasts fresh bread and pastries
Ok. That’s valid.
It’s valid for beer, too.
You probably should ask that in your local community. Because I can buy 2l beer where I live.
Carboy
Denmark here… We have 5liter beers
https://netpris.dk/ol/oltonder.html
Also, I brew 2 cups of coffee every morning although I do buy 1kg bags of coffee beans that last me quite some time!
That’s a mini keg in the US. They’re talking about half that size which is the size of a 2L of soda here.
I am aware, but OP sounded like they couldn’t get containers large enough! We also have 2 Lit bottles and 3 lit cans
Growlers come in 32oz and 64oz bottles. My old grocery store in NC used to sell them.
Cold brew coffee is probably the most logical to sell in volume, and it’s available as well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eastern european countries would like to have a word with you.
Surely Europe in general. UK here and I have seen 2-3L of cider before. Pretty sure I have even seen them as a multipack. These days I go scrumping instead.
You can buy 2L beer containers in New Zealand, but they’re a specialty item. Largest I’ve ever seen at the supermarket or bottle shop is 1L.
As for coffee, it’s probably because our laws are weirdly restrictive on how much caffeine you can have in one drink. Energy drinks can’t contain more than an equal amount of coffee, for example.
I can go to local brewery bar and ask them to fill a 2 litre canister for me
You can buy 1.75L of beer in East Asia, and 2L of some brands.
There’s also baiju and soju sold in 2L (and maybe bigger) bottles
You can get 2 liter bottles of cider in the UK but it all tastes like crap
If you’re buying two litres of cider, it’s not because you like cider.
I’m buying 2l bottles of beer at the convenience store and at the food store:
Ok it might be 1.6 l but almost.
And in smaller breweries you can get bottles like this:
I’m also not sure how you buy your coffee but normally I buy 1kg and brew it fresh every morning.
For coldbrew I buy 1l bottles like this:
