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Rebecca Connors • March 9, 2026

Recipe: Hard Dirty Irish Soda – The Perfect Saint Patrick’s Day Cocktail

Looking to add a festive, eye-catching cocktail to your St. Patrick’s Day Bar or Restaurant menu?The Hard Dirty Irish Soda is a creamy, refreshing drink that turns heads and photographs beautifully when topped with a printed design. With simple ingredients and a playful Irish twist, it’s the perfect way to create a memorable holiday drink
Rebecca Connors • March 8, 2026

The Ultimate Booth Experience Upgrade: Using a Drink Ripples Printer to Create an Interactive, On-Brand Moment

The Ripple Maker Drink Printer turns a standard beverage service into a live, interactive brand ritual at your exhibition booth: attendees watch a design print directly on foam-topped drinks (coffee, cocktails, beer, and more), then photograph, share, and remember your brand. The highest-performing activations pair a simple “watch-print-sip” flow with a tightly curated design library (logo, campaign visuals, QR prompts, personalization), fast on-booth operations, and a lightweight lead-capture mechanic that never feels like a form.
Rebecca Connors • March 1, 2026

St. Patrick’s Day Bar Ideas: How Printed Beer & Beer Foam Printing Can Boost Sales

St. Patrick’s Day is one of the biggest revenue opportunities of the year for bars and pubs. Offering printed beer with beer foam printing technology helps you stand out, increase engagement, and boost repeat orders. Custom designs like shamrocks, festive messages, team logos, and branded artwork turn every pint into a shareable experience that drives both sales and social buzz.
Rebecca Connors • March 1, 2026

How ‘Pana’s Cafe’ and ‘The Daily Drip Coffee’ Created a Social Moment by Connecting Culture, Music and the Experience

“It was insane, at both our locations!”, from Pana’s Cafe. Brands that connect special moments to their environment stand out to a new customer base. Pana’s Cafe and The Daily Drip Coffee did exactly that. During the SuperBowl event, they created a visual experience that tied together the event, pop culture, and their in-store environment –
Rebecca Connors • February 25, 2026

5 Ways Bar Owners Can Transform Their Marketing Strategy in 2026

Bar owners in 2026 need more than great drinks to stand out. The most successful bars use experiential marketing, themed events, and personalized beverages to create shareable moments that drive social buzz and repeat visits. Tools like the Ripple Maker Drink Printer turn every drink into branded content - helping your bar market itself with every order.
Rebecca Connors • February 17, 2026

What Is a Drinking Printer Machine & How It Works?

A drink printer machine is a compact beverage-top printer that sits on your bar or coffee counter and prints edible designs directly onto foam-topped drinks and even desserts. The Ripple Maker, for example, uses natural, plant-based color extracts to print designs, “inks” (Ripples Pods) to print logos, selfies, and messages on coffee, cocktails, beer, milkshakes, and macarons in about 10 seconds per drink. The pods are optimized for different drink types, are certified to comply with international food safety regulations, and are gluten-free, non-GMO, and allergen-friendly.
Rebecca Connors • February 1, 2026

New Study Reveals What Guests Really Share on Social Media

We’ve seen that printed drinks tend to show up more often on social media - guests consistently take photos, post stories, and tag locations. But observation alone isn’t enough.  We wanted to measure its effect and see how often this happens in real hospitality environments. To do this, Ripples conducted a real analysis of organic social media posts created by guests, focused specifically on content driven by the Ripple Maker.
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