Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Japanese Thermos Bottles (I'm Slightly Obsessed)" video.
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Heh, I felt that addiction creep on me too... unfortunately, I don't have enough money to keep it. I mean, if I lived in the US or Japan, perhaps, but here in my country they are overly expensive and all imported, so a luxury.
We do have Thermos in Brazil, but they are very much utilitarian... the design hasn't really changed in decades, and they are almost all 1L+ bottles.
Despite being a tropical country, we are a major coffee exporter and consumer country, so that's what it's mostly for.
But you don't see many people carrying individually sized thermos bottles here... the main usage is for businesses and households to keep coffee hot for a day, half a day or so. Also, southern states have lots of people who drink something called "Chimarrão", which requires hot water... but they tend to also carry 1L+ bottles for that. I've seen people carrying 3 and 5L bottles. :P
As for myself... I have a few. Couple of novelty camera lens shapped individual thermos, generic unbranded. I have some 3 or 4 different styles of reusable water bottles, not insulated. And then I used to have a 3L electric thermos... which unfortunately broke, I never managed to find a replacement for a resonable price, so I ended up getting a non insulated electric kettle instead.
The thing is, I now use the electric kettle for tea, and coffee I've been using a fancy Nespresso machine that can also make capuccino... for almost 10 years now. As I don't have a huge need to keep things hot or cold for a very long time, thermos are not very necessary.
But I think I'll eventually splurge on a Zojirushi electric thermos at some point... a simple one that most japanese hotel rooms have. It makes sense from a power usage standpoint. Intead of boiling water all the time, just keep it hot for multiple cups of tea.
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