Is this still a thing?
I remember when drinks were topped off with liquid nitrogen to give off the smoky look and people were getting hospitalised with burns, but that when I had the time/money/interest/available friends to go out… so a good twenty years ago.
We sometimes make ice cream using LN2 at work. Its good fun as long as you are careful :)
Why the hell would they use liquid nitrogen for that? You can throw a handful of dry ice crumbs in to get the same effect.
Liquid nitrogen is a pain in the ass to transport and store. You need special vacuum sealed thermoses (a little more expensive than your overpriced yeti tumbler) and it will boil away in a few days regardless so you need to have it topped up. Plus, it is far colder than dry ice, so accidents are more of a thing.
Dry ice can be kept in a cheap cooler and costs like $10/lb.
