The cobblestone roads shook up all the drinks I was carrying home on my bike 😠
So where’s the problem?
Now I’m gonna tell you a “secret”.
We European drinks mainly water from the tap, when we don’t drink beer or wine od course.
(except many Italians mi, they’re stupid and buy water in plastic bottles).
In Barcelona, I was told their tap water was trash so I had to buy bottled water. The hotel I was staying at said the samething and they were giving me bottles for free.
Talking seriously, I’ve been in some places where the tap water was disgusting. Probably safe but still undrinkable.
There are some places where it is in fact undrinkable. Always check online first.
They need to be cooled anyway before being drunk, so the beverage has some time to relax
also if you spin the bottle a few times (while it’s oriented normally) all of the bubbles stuck to the side go to the top and redissolve….
learned it on “better call saul” and it works amazingly.
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since the bubbles are lighter than the liquid, when you spin it centrifugal force knocks the bubbles off the wall….It still takes hours for those to dissolve.
Also, with those bottles, if you’re prepared for them to potentially explode, you can open them carefully and just close it again if pressure leaks out quickly once the seal opens. Then let out the extra pressure in short bursts and the bubbles won’t bring a bunch of liquid with them because they can’t build enough momentum to lift it.
If that’s the worst part you’re having a goddamn amazing time.
Did you know there is a maximum pressure in the bottle, at which point shaking has no more effect since the pressure keeps the bubbles in your drink? This point is quickly reached, and already happened before it went into the store.
Get some shocks for your basket 🤷♂️
Or just wait a few minutes before opening them
I get more bike maintenance issues if my route to work has a lot of cobbled roads. I end up taking longer routes to avoid the cobbles. There are not enough dedicated cycle paths.
I still wonder who ever thought cobbled roads are a great idea.
Terrible to ride. Terrible to walk. Bad at just about everything.
Two nuns are riding their bikes back to the convent.
One nun says to the other, “I don’t think I’ve ever come this way before.”
And the other one says, “It’s the cobblestones.”
Seems like the worst part is not too bad, all things considered. All you need is half an hour patience with the fizzy drinks ;) Have to say, hate cycling on the cobbles, but love the look of them in the cities! Also, cobbles generally force cars to slow down indeed.
If you shoot your finger against the side (like shooting away a cigarette bud) several times, then slowly rotate the bottle around it’s axel while it’s standing on a table several times, you can safely open them without them squirting all over the place. It truly works, also with shaken soda/beer cans.
What I do with these groceries is put them in a bag on my back or in my hand when cycling. The rack is for other stuff like veggies and other stuff that can handle the shaking or might get shitty when stuffed in a bag.
But you have a nice rack on your bike. Although it looks hard to take anyone on the back, unless they stand upright.
I can confirm, flicking your finger on the side of the bottle works. I have no Idea why tho.
Increases pressure so the gases dissolve back into the liquid. Probably.
That makes no sense. I apply way more pressure than a flick just by holding the bottle to open it
Maybe peak pressure is higher for a millisecond when you flick the bottle. A flick would send a little shockwave through the bottle.
There’s more CO2 dissolved in the water than there can be at atmospheric pressure. The CO2 is constantly trying to escape, but in order to do so it needs a nucleation site that disturbs the water. When the drink is shaken, lots of little bubbles form, and stick to the inner wall of the drink. These bubbles are nucleation sites. Flicking the side of the drink makes them float up and pop.
Better call Saul taught me this!
I can feel your pain, switched to Picnic though, never looked back.
I have even put cobblestones in the garden now for nostalgic reasons. (Basaltkeien)
What kind of bike is that?
That’s a lot of sugary drink 😂
All I know is that it’s beige and from 2011! Held up pretty well all things considered, the battery still lasts for 10km or so, which is plenty for getting to work and doing grocery trips :D
Looks pretty cool! Should have known it was an e-bike
Oh I helped someone fix one of those. Nice.
Technically no sugar, it’s the ‘zero’ variant.
It’s Zero caffeine too! Which makes it the ‘zero zero’ variant, I think
Are you drinking 0 caffeine coke because you have a life threatening heart condition or because you’re a child?
Both! I don’t have the self control to not drink caffeine before bed and stay up all night, but if I drink it during the day I get pretty bad chest pain because caffeine doesn’t play nice with my adhd meds :(
I find I need both ADHD meds and a quad espresso or two to be even borderline functional.
Next level: zero American. Zero zero zero.
Lidl does have some zero caffeine and zero sugar cola. They introduced it this year I think.
ooh I’ve had that before, it’s awesome!
That’s olidligt (as they said in their Swedish marketing campaign, lol)
Ha! I needed baguettes, got two and tossed them in the bike basket, feeling so European, until one loaf bounced out and was run over by a car, at which point I felt oh so American!
somebody crusha ma baguette 🐭😡
American here. I have seen plenty of roadkill in my lifetime, but none of it was ever a baguette.
In my experience the roadkill is way more likely to be the cyclist. You really can’t ride a bike where I live.
Shaking does not affect this the way you think it does. You’ll be fine as long as you wait like 10-60 seconds after shaking vigorously. The liquid and gas pressure inside will reach equilibrium, and no matter how much shaking you do, it won’t degas further.
Also, keep in mind that it’s mostly temperature and surface area that causes soda to degas (fall out of solution).
Fun fact: this is why paper straws are inferior to plastic straws for drinking soda, because paper is insanely more porous than plastic, and causes rapid degassing of the soda inside of the straw, rather than in your mouth, throat, and stomach. (There are other reasons, too, but this one is often not considered by most people)
Carry metal straws. They’re awesome
I don’t like the way they taste. I’m on team glass straws.
Hot take: I actually like the cardboard ones
Even better, no straw. Sip it straight from the cup.
Nah, curl your tongue into a tube and stick it in the drink to use as a straw
Anteater detected
Metal straws have to have a rubber or other dielectric mouthpiece, or electrolysis sets up in the mouth and the electrical activity confuses the hell out of the taste buds.
I raw dog my drinks.
The worst part is becoming accustomed to fresh, high-quality food and espresso within 100m of every human at all times.
Also, OP, why are you having “American Breakfast”? Where’s your croissant?
That’s even “worse” than the 15 minute city. MAGA would lose their minds.
Where’s your croissant?
In my MOUF
The deathgrip. As if that croissant owes you money or something.
She’s just still so mad that her drinks are all shaken up.
That actually makes perfect sense. The ketchup on the croissant must not be helping either.
I’m sure it’ll be bearable once she dipped it in the coffee.
Are you dipping that croissant in ketchup
It’s probably jam
Tomato jam
I don’t think she’s Scandinavian.
Vad var det du sa
At folk fra Skandinavia pleie å dekke alt med ketchup selv om det ikke passer i det hele tatt.
Are those croissants store-bought or from a bakery/cafe? Because i’d like to know where I can buy vegan croissants that look that good.
They’re from Moss, a chain of bakeries around the Aachen area ^^ Their vegan Streuselbrötchen are incredible as well!
