New technology will print beverages at home

Families may soon have a device on their counter the size of a toaster oven that can make any beverage they want in a matter of minutes. It’s estimated this would save the average household around 100 containers a month.

After three years of development, Cana Technologies is getting ready to launch the first molecular beverage printer.

Most drinks are over 90% water, with less than 2% volume in the compounds that differentiate them. By making combinations of the compounds and shipping that to customers, it will allow customizable options for coffee, cocktails, and juices.

“The food and beverage industry needs to be reimagined so that the world can escape carbon-intensive, trash-generating, 20th century centralized systems of production,” said Cana CEO Matt Mahar in a press release.

Cana’s molecular beverage printer, or the “Netflix for drinks” as one headline put it, isn’t quite ready to be shipped to homes, But a prototype of the device is reportedly in use at Cana’s headquarters in Redwood City, California. The company is expanding in 2022 in the buildup to a commercial launch.

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