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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by zrobotics on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:10PM (#20033874)
Slightly OT, but I haven't heard this: are the vending machines in Japan dispensing real ice cream and not soft-serve? Very interesting, if so I would imagine the mechanics have to be far more robust/complicated. Or is it still soft-serve, but just higher-quality?

edit: by soft-serve, I mean any of the thinner ice cream/frozen yogurt alternatives as opposed to the (usually very thick) real ice cream.

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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by magduf on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:22PM (#20033996)
No, the machines I got ice cream from were dispensing real, solid ice cream. They were shaped as cones and on sticks for easy handling, but they were real ice cream, not that soft-serve crap.

Yes, I imagine these machines would have to be pretty robust to maintain those temperatures in Japan's hot climate.

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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by magduf on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @07:10PM (#20035321)
Note: some varieties actually had waffle cones; others did not. There were also handy recycling bins right next to the ice cream machines, placed by the vendor, just for the rubbish from that machine.
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