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I was in Oberon on Saturday and it was bloody cold, bloody windy and a steady drizzle was coming down anyway, I had a bit of a ride ahead of me (heading for Tuena) so I thought I better top up with with fuel, having done that I went in to pay and noticed they had cans of hot drinks for sale, I had seen them a couple of weeks earlier at the Northern Beaches Expo but didn't get one, with it being so cold I figured now was the time! They had the choice of Hot Chocolate, Mocha or Coffee, I took a Hot Chocolate which was $5 (I presume they all were) as it turns out I didn't use it over the weekend but just pulled it out of my bag as I was unpacking so thought I'd give it a go.
You peel the label off the bottom then give the centre of the can a good firm press and things start happening you gently shake the can for 20 seconds then stand it upright for 3 minutes (at the start a bit of steam comes out the bottom which is pretty cool ) then all you do is take off the plastic protector on the top and open the can .... A handy tip is not to stand beside the ironing board with your girlfriends white polar fleece top on it as it sprays a bit when you open it
anyway the end result was a delicious hot chocolate drink and a polarfleece top that I have now learned to handwash
I might have to find a place locally to get them and stick a couple in the cupboard, the great thing is you can have a Hot Chocolate ANYWHERE!

Paul,
These things are a great idea
Try your local camping store..That's where we get em from

Every one's a winner....

Workmate bought one the other day, saw one at the servo when i filled up my car this morning, but didn't buy it. It's certainly an interesting concept.

So how's that handwashing skill going? you up to speed to work in a vietnamese laundry yet?

Nifty idea...mini nuke in a can...

what's the shelf life like.

i had the coffee number once and to put it politely the drink was fucking horrible, nice concept though

Mmm camping... and liqueur coffee experiments

Maddog wrote:Every one's a winner....

I'm going to take a guess that the activator at the bottom is a (likely synthetic) epoxy resin plug with a super active pellet of hardener in there as that stuff can make a heap of heat when activated, and if its a extremely volatile reaction then it'll certainly get the thermal runaway needed to heat up a drink like that.

I wonder how they would go in a fire....?

I'll give one a go first chance I get

Bogan wrote:

Maddog wrote:Every one's a winner....

very good

Will keep an eye out for one of these,,,,,would hate to see the chemicals that are probably used hahah

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then all you do is take off the plastic protector on the top and open the can .... A handy tip is not to stand beside the ironing board with your girlfriends white polar fleece top on it as it sprays a bit when you open it
anyway the end result was a delicious hot chocolate drink and a polarfleece top that I have now learned to handwash

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Hey Paul, why didya put a photo of the can up..I would pay$$$$$$ to see the one of the girlfriend's face when you killed her polar fleece

Women eh! There's no pleasing them sometimes!

Might have to acquire one for the snowy ride, thanks for the heads up