Our family bought the cutest industrial equivalent snow cone machine at Sam's club. Oddly no juices or cups were available there. The kit we purchased on Amazon was simply**** The HIT WITH ALL THE KIDS AND AND ADULTS ****who visited our Christly Easter Event. The machines comes in pink and blue. No malfunctions, worked great! Was excited when we seen the ****ORIGINAL SNOW CONE CUPS AND STRAWS LIKE AS WE WERE KIDS! ***we served over 250 cones and still had 2 separate half gallons of juice. Also...snow coners....here's a tip...if you can't find the actual snow cone juice....use Hawaii Punch, grape juice (dark color) any kind of a darker juice as they tend to be sweeter and thicker...My daughter had a ***blast****experimenting with flavors by mixing 1 or 2 or 3. This was an even bigger hit for ALL!I would highly recommend this set. Find the snowcone machine either here or sams for like 150$....the value is great for as many events as u can use it for,It saved a lot of money this kit and I do mean a lot. Least 50% from other places.The straws are the ones with the little scoop at the end and are in different color.Practice and you can even watch on video sites how to do ombre ones (swirly colors)This was by far 1 of the top 10 amazon buys not just due to price and quality but because it created a fantastic memory and fellowship. TY Amazon /Seller