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Getting a coffee (no matter how gourmet) or a simple tuna sandwich from a vending machine is no longer funny. His thing now is to hunt and catch ( vending through, of course) a caviar lid, a cool beer rod or a live crab. They are just some of the eccentricities that we find in shopping centers, subway stations, airports, hotels and train stations or buses around the world.

Marijuana to go

Another of the hits of this type of purchases in countries where it is legal to sell is marijuana. Companies like Zazz Machines or Kind Peoples , are responsible for dispensing this type of article, either through infusion sheets, candies, pills or creams. In fact, the first one boasts of having put into circulation the first of these machines in the world (see photo above).

Caviar for foodies

One of the machines that dispense caviar.

We already said that asking for a sad sandwich from the vending machine is obsolete. Much better, of course, a caviar lid if you caprice waiting for a plane at the airport. The Beverly Hills Caviar company, for example, offers this type of luxurious tasting in a can format. Among the most expensive, is the Beluga Imperial caviar for 500 euros, but there are from 30 euros. The company's headquarters are in the homonymous neighborhood of Los Angeles, but they plan to increase their radius of action.

Gold bullion

Gold bars come out of vending machines.

Within the world of luxury and glamor, one can also get a gold bullion while traveling the world. For this, hotels like Emirates Palace, the most luxurious in Abu Dhabi (and one of the most expensive on the planet: the night costs from 8,000 euros) has its own dispenser in the hall as a lifelong ATM . This offers more than 200 modalities of gold pieces, from coins to bullion of 10 grams. The machine in question is called Gold to Go and belongs to the TG Gold Super-Marckt company, founded by a German, Thomas Geissler, who already offers its services through 20 points of sale worldwide, mainly in airports.

A very fresh cane

These machines even offer a very cold cane. Jesus G. Swollen

If it is a question of drinking, you can already enjoy a glass of wine or a freshly thrown beer after vending a few coins in the machine. As if that were not enough, the first cane machine has a national origin, since its creators are nothing less than Granada. There came Autobeer, a draft beer shooter that provides 33 or 50 centiliter rods with two foam fingers and an average temperature between two and five degrees.

Wine by the glass

It is also possible to drink wine by the glass.

In the case of wines, companies such as Innobar Catering or Enomatic Machines, which has a network of 50 wine dispensers by the glass in 70 countries, succeed in offering wines by glasses through vending machines. They have also opted for this type of sophisticated stainless steel appliances restaurants like Vico, in Buenos Aires , where their customers can choose from 140 labels.

Marching one of live crabs

Live crabs are all the rage in countries like China and Japan.

The following eccentricity leads us to obtain live crabs from a vending machine, perfectly refrigerated and packaged. The country where this product triumphs most is China , although it is closely followed, once again, by Japan. The city of Nanjing was the first to introduce the proposal at the rate of about eight dollars a piece and it is estimated that it sells more than 200 a day.

Used underwear

One of the most unusual products: used underwear.

Yes, as strange as it may seem, black legend or not, it is part of the list of vending products most linked to the country of the rising sun. Although there are also clean underwear, things as they are. The list of products does not end there, since Japan is the one that monopolizes more machines of this type in the whole world: more than five million, which would be equivalent to one for every 25 inhabitants. Some even dispense drinks for free and adapted in case there is an earthquake, something quite frequent in the country.

Emergency underpants

Underwear and socks in case you lose your suitcase.

If you lose your suitcase on your next trip, take a look to see if there are any machines that sell underpants or socks at the airport because they are causing a furor. Those responsible for brands such as MrWeebs (of Spanish and Leonese origin for more information) have realized the nuisance of running out of your underwear and have designed exclusive packaging for these products. Calvin Klein has done the same in case you run out of decent underwear in an emergency. There are also socks (those of the firm I hate Monday succeed in Korea), bras, flip flops and even helmets.

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