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I keep all of my concentrates in 4 ounces plastic concentrate bottles. My larger concentrate bottles are stored underneath the cabinets in my truck for refilling the smaller bottles. In my trailer I only use the smaller concentrate bottles to save space. I do however keep extra amounts of my most popular flavors stored on my trailer. Also shown is a 2 ounce graduated measuring beaker which is used to measure the concentrates for mixing. The beaker has a black line marked on it at the 1 ounce mark which is the desired amount to make 1 quart of flavored syrup. If I need a gallon of flavored syrup I can just pour a full small bottle into a gallon of simple syrup and shake it to mix. Notice the bottles have numbers written on them. These numbers match the numbers on my large concentrate bottles so that you can easily find the right concentrate for refilling flavors.
All 4 ounce concentrate bottles are stored in a small plastic container for easy storage. I have two of these containers filled with concentrates prepared for the opening of each day. I keep them on my counter top for quick access. I store them numerically so flavors can be easily located. I carry the containers from my trailer into my truck for refilling. Each large bottle of flavoring concentrate is stored underneath my cabinets and also have the corresponding number written on top of it for easy identification during refilling.
At the end of the day I wrap spoons inside napkins as shown. This helps speed up my serving line during busy times of the day. It's also is a big help when I serve festivals and daycare centers. Each of these containers will hold about 150 spoons wrapped with napkins. During slow periods of the day I wrap spoons and refill the container. ( I don't have many of those days)
Snow being shaved into a cup. Notice the cup is held about 2 inches below the ice chute to prevent clogging. In the background you can see a round top funnel and a plastic water bottle. The funnel is used for making the tops of my snoballs. You can usually find these round shaped funnels in Dollar Stores and they come packages with several different sizes. I don't have water available close to my shaver so I use a plastic water bottle to spray warm water up the ice chute to help clear clogging when necessary.
This picture shows the top of a snoball being prepared. This employee is using another funnel to compress the ice into the funnel that will be used to make the top (This was their first day on the job). Notice in the background that the prepared cup of shaved ice has been filled to about 1-2 inches above the cup rim. This is done so that when the top is placed on the cup the ice will compress down to completely fill the cup.
The desired flavoring is then added to the top. I drill a hole down the center of my snoballs with syrup. this allows the syrup to completely saturate the shaved ice and also leaves about 1 inch of syrup at the bottom of the cup. Then work the syrup around your cup to completely cover and flavor the snoball. The snow around the edges of the snoball should be removed with your funnel before serving to your customers.
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