China strikes again!
 

So I was making chai tea concentrate to consume later. It was ready, so I strained it, then poured it into my new dollar store plastic beverage bottle. I turn away to empty the dishwasher while it cools, and turn back to find my bottle melting! Luckily it tipped itself into the sink, or I would have had tea everywhere!

So yeah, dollar store bottles are apparently not rated for hot beverages. sigh.

dollar store=cheap crap.

hot water and thin beverage bottle plastic are not usually friends.

Yes, and I use it for the cheap crap that I will replace sooner rather than later. I just didn't expect it to be quite this soon!

It's not thin! I bought it because it was quite a sturdy bottle with good thickness to it.

you shouldnt drink hot anything from plastic

you are taking in ions from the plastic whether you believe it or not

I have a dollar store back scratcher that I use everyday.

Polyvinyl chai tea?

Hmm... really? errr...
ok.

So glass bottles and pitchers, then?

I agree, Dollar store stuff is crap, especially since the dollar is falling and worth as much as toilet paper basically.

What makes you think silicon can't be ionised?

You're not safe from anything! Time to crawl under a blanket.

I made a cheap plastic cup fragment the other day when I was playing with some dry ice and hot water.

But i kinda expected it to happen.

Is it really such a revelation that a store filled with things that cost a stinking dollar is full of crap. Of course it is, but that's why it's fun to shop there sometimes.

Well, it looked like the best of the bunch there...

I know, I know. If I had bought the right thing the first time, it would probably have been cheaper. arg.

metal thermos should work

I suggest gravity fed IV

Me use $ store condom. Me have 34 kids! Me like.

I knew you were a smart cookie! Thanks Sagi :)

Use mug everytime to avoid such!:thumbsup

The cheap comes out expensive.

I vote for a thermos, that way your hot stuff stays hot and your cold stays cold. BTW make sure you pre rinse it with either hot or cold before you add your liquid of same temp type you pre rinsed with. (hot for hot, cold for cold) That way it warms or cools the barrier in advance. Typically I will fill my thermos with hot water and let it sit while I make my tea then dump it right when I am ready to fill. This gives me extra hot time, upwards of 8 hours.

I love buying stuff at dollar stores but nothing I would eat or use to cook is my rule.

Great tip, thanks ASM!

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...rld&id=5723643

Florida city tries to ban Chinese products

i lawld

buhahaha the stores would be empty. That is funnies.
Saw one report on a family that tried to live China free, their life sucked.

Time To Bomb That Motherfugger

that kinda explains George Bush.
Dollar store condoms :winkwink:
Can't trust anything made in China :1orglaugh

:thumbsup