Custom Printed Cold Drink Cups.
Condensation runs down the outside — which is where print and grip both have to survive.
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Printed Cold Drink Cups
Condensation runs down the outside — which is where print and grip both have to survive.
A cold cup sweats, and that moisture reaches the print, the sleeve and the customer's hand. Wall thickness and coating are specified against that rather than against heat.
Every detail. Intentional.
It sweats from the outside
Which is a different problem to heat.
Print must not run
Coatings chosen for condensation.
Rolled rim takes the lid
And resists deforming when gripped.
12oz to 24oz steps
The standard cold-drink ladder.
Straw slot or flat lid
By service format.
PLA lining where claimed
With the composting route stated.
Built like architecture.
Each Custom Printed Cold Drink Cups is an engineered object — measured, dieline-cut, and hand-wrapped to spec. Below: the standard build sheet.
✦ Need a custom spec? Talk to our atelier — every detail is negotiable.
Every surface, hand-selected.
What this product is built from, and the surfaces it takes. Below the build sheet, the full swatch library — every option applies across our range, and a physical swatch set is available on request.
Material
The board and paper your box is built from.
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How the outer surface looks, feels, and catches light.
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Closures, linings, and hardware that complete the build.
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The full kit of capabilities.
Sizing & dieline.
Every Custom Printed Cold Drink Cups is wound and cut to your product — not pulled off a shelf. Send us the diameter and height of the item (or the item itself) and we return a measured spec, free, before you commit to anything.
A cylinder needs two figures, not three: the diameter across its widest point, and the height. Measure the item itself, not the pack you happen to use today.
Allow 2–3 mm on the diameter so the product drops in without binding, and a few millimetres of headroom if a lid, pillow or tissue sits on top.
We quote round formats as Diameter × Height. Tell us whether you are working in millimetres or inches and we match it.
✦ Not sure of your size? Send us the product — we measure it and build the dieline.
Pricing & minimums.
Custom Printed Cold Drink Cups is priced per specification rather than from a fixed list — the same box in two different finishes can land at very different numbers. Below is what actually moves the price, so you can shape the spec before you request a quote.
The single biggest lever. Unit cost falls sharply as volume rises, because setup and tooling spread across more pieces.
Board weight and stock choice change both the raw material cost and the shipping weight of the finished run.
Foil, spot UV, embossing and soft-touch each add a pass on press. One or two lift the box; five compound the cost.
Full-bleed print inside and out costs more than a one-sided design on natural stock.
Foam, moulded pulp, velvet pillows, magnets and ribbon are priced per piece on top of the box itself.
Standard production is the base rate. Rush moves you up the production queue and carries a surcharge.
✦ Quotes returned within 24 hours — no obligation, no account required.
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Questions, answered.
Everything you need to know about Custom Printed Cold Drink Cups.
Because a cold drink puts liquid on the outside of the cup as well as the inside.
Warm air holds water vapour. When it touches a chilled surface, that vapour condenses into droplets — the same reason a cold glass sweats on a summer day. The cup then sits in its own moisture for as long as the drink lasts.
If the outer face is bare paperboard it absorbs that water. The board softens, the cup loses rigidity in the hand, and printed ink can lift. It is the most common complaint about cold paper cups, and it is always the same cause.
Double-sided PE seals both faces — inside against the drink, outside against condensation. A hot cup does not need this because it never meets liquid on the outside, which is why hot cups are cheaper and why using them for cold service fails.
Common steps are 9, 12, 16 and 22 oz, and cold sizes run larger than hot ones for a specific reason: ice.
A cold drink is usually served over ice, and that ice displaces beverage. A 16 oz cup packed with ice delivers appreciably less drink than the number suggests. So the practical question is not "what size cup" but "how much drink am I advertising, and at what ice ratio".
Work out the served liquid volume you want, add your ice, and size from that. If a garnish, foam or whipped cream sits above the rim you also need a dome lid and the headroom for it.
Tell us the drinks on your menu and we will suggest the size steps that cover them with the fewest SKUs behind the counter.
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