Re: Storing Your Smoothies

[Guest guest]

Sounds like I need to make a trip to Costco soon!

Angie

<< Costco

> > carries really nice ones that come in a

> two pack, stainless steel, wide mouth

> > opening to clean., I

> think they are called cantigo.>>

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> > The Contigo SS

> travel mugs are the BEST in terms of thermal abilities and

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> they absolutely don't leak...even if you drop them from a height of

> several

> > feet onto the steel running board of your car hard

> enough to put a big

> > dent in the side;) But the mechanics

> involved in the cap that makes it so

> > wonderfully

> " non-leakable " also tends to make it tricky to clean a thick

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> smoothie out of, especially if you're using things like flax and

chia

> seeds...and

> > you can't use a straw with the cap. If they

> offered an additional cap with

> > just a straw hole in it that

> would be easy to cleen, it would be perfect

> > for smoothies.

> So, for us, the Contigos are designated for coffee,tea and

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> water and the Kleen Kanteens are for smoothies.

> > Carol

> K

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[Guest guest]

FWIW, I found some stainless steel ones on Amazon. Better for my kids than

glass...

Beth

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[Guest guest]

My daughter loves the SS ones-she says they feel icy cold against her lips, lol.

I don't use SS only because I have nickle allergy, which is in most SS.

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> FWIW, I found some stainless steel ones on Amazon. Better for my kids than

glass...

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> Beth