Ice Maker Machine – A Modern Convenience

Among the many inventions of man, the ice maker machine is among the most underrated and are remembered only when they are needed. However, they are loved by people in the tropics who want some of their food really cold (ice cream, shakes, water). People living in temperate countries also love it during the hot months of summer.

There are several types of ice maker machines as there are several types of ice needed with their many applications and uses. As time went by, people discovered many ways on how to use ice and some of this ice have to be made by specific ice makers.

To date, the most commonly used ice makers are those classified as commercial units. They are abundantly used in bars, restaurants, hospitals, supermarkets and convenient stores. There are also residential models used in homes, specially built under-counter ice makers.

Portable ice makers are favored by those people constantly on the go or those living in small places (RV, boats, dorms and small apartments). This is good to avoid having an integrated ice maker in your refrigerator.

Here are some of the more popular models of ice makers in use these days.

To help give you a better understanding of what an ice maker is, how you will benefit from one, and which one may be best for you, we put together the below guide.

Portable ice maker

They are called portable and countertop models because they are compact in size, plugs into a standard 110V outlets, and does not need a permanent water line, except only the water poured into them when using.

They designed to be on your countertop and they make ice fast enough (some in as little as 10 minutes). You need to know they are not actually freezers and cannot keep the ice for long. As the ice melts, it will continuously make ice from the melted water.

It can also hold only to a smaller quantity of ice so you need to keep it making more ice if you need more. Their size makes them great for bringing along picnics and other outdoor activities.

Under-counter ice maker

These ice makers are designed with front ventilation and built-in or between cabinets. (They need professional installers.) They will a permanent water line and some have a drain line as well.

These are designed to store larger capacity of ice than the portables, and can freeze the ice longer. It is a bit more expensive, too. 

Modular

These machines are used to produce ice in larger quantities. These are the types used for commercial quantities in restaurants, bars, and hospitals.

It needs a separate unit for collecting the produced ice that will be ready for use. Typically, these are stackable and placed beneath the modular unit.

Self-contained

The self-contained ice makers are smaller, use lesser space, and produce lesser ice quantities but are in separate units. These ice machines are the most practical options when space is a problem and deciding which machine to buy. An ice maker machine is one convenience in our world that we need in hot times.

Coca Cola Mix

The name post mix comes from the fact that the drink mix of syrup and carbonated water is mixed after (post) leaving the syrup box, as opposed to a premix as in the case of a bottle of soft drink. Most of the big bottled soft drinks from cola brands to spirit mixers and pops are now available as a post mix option. The classic cola is rich and full-flavored, sweet and caramel-laced. It's not quite as tart and citric as Coca-Cola. Choosing coca cola post mix Australia brand to go for comes down to the taste of the drink and how important branding is in delivering higher revenues. In a fine hotel bar, brand recognition is important, but arguably less so in a busy pub where for the customer the atmosphere and conversation rivals the need to know the brand of the soft drink.

Maintenance of a coca cola post system isn’t difficult. The dispense heads need dismantling and cleaning daily, along with the drip trays and the bar-top founts, as the high sugar content of post mix invites bacteria and bugs. The mix of syrup to carbonated water also needs regular checking. Too little syrup and the drink lacks taste, too much syrup and the flavours become too strong. The adjustment of carbonated water to syrup in the cellar is called Brixing, after the German chemist Brix, who found a way to determine the amount of sugar in a solution.

The profit on soft drinks has always been healthy, but on post mix the profit is vigorous. A box of syrup can, depending on the brand and the purchasing deal, cost between £25 and £35. A 10oz (half-pint) serving will have a typical ex-VAT revenue of 70p and the syrup will cost between 10p and 16p. If mixing your own product, wait a week for the soda to fully carbonate. Dispense soda into an ice filled glass. Adjust the CO2 pressure down if the soda is all foam with no carbonation left after dispensing or adjust the CO2 pressure up if the soda dispenses too slow.

Kinds Of Coca Cola Post Mix:

Diet Cola: The diet cola is more like the regular cola than like the 'naturally sweetened' version, but there's nothing wrong with it. It has a straightforward cola profile and just about the right amount of sweetness.

Cola Free: This one is targeted at Coke Zero fans, and shares that soda's slight richness, but it also confused us a bit by throwing in some fruity flavors.

Cherry Cola: It has the crispness of a good cola and the round fruity flavor of cherry without veering into medicinal or oversweet territory.

Diet Cherry Cola: A little more tart, a little less round, and little less rich-tasting than the regular Cherry Cola.

Diet Cola with Lime: This soda's flavor brings cola together with a blast of full-flavored lime lollipop, but the lime side is more lime-oil and peel than fresh, tart squeeze of citrus.

Coca cola post mix Australia soft drinks were once regarded as offering lower quality and lower profit margins than bottled drinks. A plastic gun beneath the bar would fire a shot of soft drink into a glass for a nominal mark-up of 10p. But that situation has changed, and post mix is now heavily branded, with instantly recognised names coming from bar-mounted founts with high visibility.