My eyes lighted up when i saw the above vending machine at Liang Court; i have seen sliced fruits in cups (with questionable freshness) but this made it the first time i have a fruit juice vending machine right in front of me!
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Of course i had to give it a try; thank god it accepts notes as i don't really keep coins nowadays. Too many pigs to rear - most of which are starving with nothing in their tummies.
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Nothing will happen after you put in the coins / notes. You have to do some work by asking the machine to start its process. By asking, i do mean pressing the "start button".
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Action comes in the form of real oranges within the machine; one by one, it started rolling down the mechanical funnel and i counted no less than 4 in total to make my cup of orange juice.
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Each of them would be machine-squashed; ensuring that every precious drop was squeezed out.
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At this moment, i guess many of us would be gearing to pull open the lid and grab the cup of freshly squeezed orange juice! Not yet, not yet.
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To prevent spillage by clumsy humans, a plastic seal would be necessary. No other addictive is added and you would be guaranteed that this healthy beverage would be as natural as the one you hand-squeeze at home.
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Wait for the screen to reflect "collect your juice"!
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A straw would be required to poke through the plastic seal and you could easily find a stack in a basket that was attached in front of the machine. Given that they were free for anyone to pick, i am wondering what would happen if the basket runs out of straw!
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Anyway, here's my cup of 100% Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice which cost S$3.60! Pretty steep but i thought it was worth the novelty.
Taste? Well, as good as you could get from four oranges that cost about S$2 from the local supermarket.
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Location
Liang Court Level 1
[Near the escalator going to basement]