Disposable Cups – Cups for All Occasions

With the march of progress going relentlessly forward, things have also been streamlined in their designs to fit the various lifestyles of today’s different types of people. One item that stands out is the popular disposable cups.

 There are now several types already in manufacture these days – with options of being practical to being convenient, fast to easy handling and many more variations to fill in the choices of many different people.

Aside from the popular ones, they also come in many other materials on top of the favorites paper cups used in handling liquid beverages (coffee, tea, juices, soda, and water among others). All of these have options to consider the many choices of many different users.

Groupings

The Melbourne disposable coffee cups are now in three major groups consisting of paper, plastic and foam. The paper group has so many varieties of the cups to choose from. Some seemed to have been made to tailor fit certain drinks. 

This is to accommodate the many drinks with their myriad characteristics --- hot, cold, lukewarm, with each cup made accordingly. This does not include the plastic group or those that are made of polystyrene or some other materials.

Hot cup / cold cup

The recycled paper cups are manufacture from post-consumer fibers. The cups are approved by the FDA and great for cold or hot drinks. They use less virgin trees in the making and less trees being killed.

The cold cups are made in compostable paper styles, double sided paper styles, and paper-lined style with thick PLA shells. They come in many hot and cold designs as well.

Paper cold cup is made in compostable paper styles, double-side poly paper styles and paper-lined

style. They are available for use in hot or cold cup designs. You also need to choose which cup you want for your choice drink (hot or cold).

Insulated / poly-coated

This keeps the coffee sleeves on hand. This paper cup for hot liquids are designed with air pocket insulation that keeps beverages warm without burning the customer’s hands. The liquids are usually coffee, chocolate and tea. The feature is the inner and outer shell separated by air layers for insulation.

Poly-coated paper cups on the other hand features a polymer coating for added insulation. They are also good in serving either hot or cold beverages.

The feature is single or double poly-coating for additional rigidity. Its linings are used to protect both the inside and outside of the cup from weakening caused by water condensation.

Polystyrene / foam

The cups made of polystyrene are designed for high-impact. The materials used are sturdy, shatterproof and flexible. These are manufactured to withstand the impacts in most popular party games. However, they are designed for cold drinks,

Foam cups, on the other hand, are made because they are great insulators. Most are also good to carry cold or hot liquids and the liquids usually hold their temperatures longer and are not dissipated by the air or handling. (Another plus point is that they are low-cost and lightweight.) Melbourne disposable coffee cups

These are some of the more popular disposable cups these days.