Some people are saying to freeze then heat (or the reverse) together, but that is incorrect. Fill the inner one with ice water and put the outer one in hot water. The out side one needs to get hot when the inside one gets cold so they expand and contract separately. If you freeze both then heat (or heat both then freeze both), they will both expand and contract the same amount at the same time

Edit: make sure the ice water has as much ice as you can physically put in it. The more ice will keep the temperature of the inner one cool for longer, and the water will increase the rate of heat transfer

edit: i slammed them really hard against a counter because i was frustrated and they came apart

Bro you’re not the only one on this subreddit today wtf is going on

Did you ask it nicely to come apart and use the LATTE model when doing so?

Break one

I see there are solutions to the problem alrdy. Anyway after coming out of the sanitizer, do not stack them together like this anymore.

This is why i don't work Sundays.

Honestly Ive had this happen a few times with newbs sticking them together when hot- I cannot say Ive ever found a way to unstick them foolproof. Sometimes getting them hot helps, but sometimes youre looking at worst case scenario.

Had one week my whole store tried different techniques separating a couple (very sword in the stone) and genuinely no progress. I ended up taking them home and taking the tools to them. Outer cup had to be completely shredded to remove the inner.

If nothing works? Take them home at go crazy on them. You get free cocktail shakers

I’ve had luck putting them in the Hobart

Throw it out and order a new one. That’s how you do it

I would consult Hobart

The most effective method for me was putting ice water in the inside cup, then putting the whole thing in a larger pitcher and filling that with hot water (so the inside is cold and the outside is hot). Popped right out!

Ice in the top and dip in warm/hot water.

I usually just throw them in the Hobart and then immediately pull them apart when it stops.

bottom hot, top ice.....then get something you can grip after letting it sit for at least a min

Twist the top as you pull on the bottom opposite spin.

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Alawys worked for my scrawny ass when I worked at starbucks

I do taps on the counter like if you're opening a stubborn jar of pasta sauce. Then try. And repeat.

I've seen something on this sub that said to heat them both then put them in an ice bath

Pray

Face down in the sanitizer

ask your manager to order new ones... they're never coming apart

apply simple human power

hot water usually does the trick ive heard.

bang them really hard on the counter or submerge in hot water.

Set them a blaze 🔥

You'll never get them apart 😂

Take it under the hot water , easy to separate them ;) thank me later;$

Put in the sanitizer (Hobart) and try while they are hot

Put the bottom into a pitcher with HOT water

Get them as hot as u can in the dishwasher. Also dont feel bad if u get cant them apart. At my store we have a stack of two permanently fused lol. This happens when they r stacked when still wet/warm.

Order new ones, not worth the effort.

I always just run them through the Hobart. As soon as it finishes pull them apart.
Careful not to burn yourself!!

They’re lost to the Refresher Gods now. This happened at my licensed store. We had a shrine in the back for it

One time I put hot water in one and closed it and it didn’t open back up, we broke it trying to open it again😂😭😭

I use my steam wand to try to force an air gap while pulling apart. Don’t burn yourself though, and don’t nest those going forward! 😬😬

It’s not happening bud 😂

Spit on it

Whoever did that green asf 😭💀

I put them in the freezer for a few minutes

Honestly, just pray lol

screw a hole in the bottom one it releases the top and saves at least one.

Gonna sound insane, but put them in the oven for a few seconds (don’t turn it on). The heat will cause the outer shaker to expand and and you’ll be able to remove them from eachother.

Get a cube, fill with super hot water, put ice on the top cup submerge the bottom one in the cube for 5-10 secs then pull apart

Run it under some hot water

Submerge in hot water- raises the pressure in the “chamber” and pushes them apart

Freeze them, then heat

Soak them in water with a high concentration of soap