Cold Cups Ireland: Chill Paper & rPET Juice Sizes Buying Guide

Iced coffee in Dublin, smoothie counters in Cork, juice bars in Galway — cold drinks need a different cup family to hot coffee. Paper Chill cups handle everyday iced lines; clear rPET juice cups show fruit and layers. The wrong rim diameter means lids that will not seat, so size and lid family matter as much as volume.

This guide covers cold cups in Ireland as plain catering stock — Chill PE paper cups from 9oz to 22oz, Greenspirit rPET juice cups in JC1 and JC2 rim families, matching flat and dome lids, and how PrintNPack's Cold Cups & Lids range works with tiered pricing and delivery from Ashbourne.

Why Irish cafés buy plain cold cups by the case

Plain cold cups are warehouse stock: order by the case, no print proof, no brand MOQ. That matters when a Galway juice bar sells through 12oz cups on a warm Saturday or an Ashbourne café needs dome lids before a school-holiday smoothie rush. Branding can sit on a sleeve or carrier — the cup only has to hold ice, seal, and travel.

PrintNPack holds Chill paper cold cups alongside Greenspirit rPET juice cups and matching lids in Cold Cups & Lids. Orders ship nationwide; local buyers can collect from Ashbourne, Co. Meath. For a wider view of bulk catering lines, see our plain packaging wholesale Ireland guide. Hot drinks are a separate line — see the coffee cups Ireland guide for double-wall hot cups.

Cold cup sizes at a glance

Start with the size your cold menu sells most — often 12oz paper or 12/14oz clear for café iced lines — then add 9oz for kids and 16–22oz for large smoothies. Use the table below, then confirm live case tiers on each product page.

Chill PE paper cold cups — 9oz to 22oz

The core paper line is Chill Cold Paper Cup PE in 9oz (270ml), 12oz (355ml), 16oz (475ml) and 22oz (650ml), each packed 20 × 50 per case (1,000 cups). The 12oz Chill cold paper cup is the everyday iced-coffee size for many Irish counters; 9oz suits kids and light drinks; 16oz covers large iced lattes; 22oz handles sharing soft drinks and oversized cold orders.

Dublin and Cork kitchens often keep 12oz and 16oz as standing stock, then add 9oz when kids drinks spike in school holidays. Pair Chill cups with the matching cold-cup lid band — 80mm MK80 flat lids for the 9–12oz band and 90mm MK90 flat lids for 16–22oz — so staff are not guessing rim size mid-service.

Greenspirit rPET juice cups — JC1 vs JC2

Clear Greenspirit rPET juice cups show the drink. Buy them by rim family, not by oz alone:

• JC1 (78mm) — 7/9oz and 10oz clear cups, typically 25 × 50 per case, with matching 78mm flat or dome lids (often 50 × 50)
• JC2 (95mm) — 9oz squat, 12/14oz and 16oz clear cups, typically 16 × 50 per case, with 95mm flat, dome (sip-slot or no-slot) and sip lids (often 16 × 50)

A 4oz Greenspirit cup insert for 95mm (JC2) cups is also stocked for layered desserts or fruit cups inside a larger cold cup. Dome lids suit whipped toppings; flat lids suit bagged delivery and straw slots.

For the wider eco takeaway story — hot aqueous cups, kraft trays and recyclable cold cups — see our Greenspirit eco packaging Ireland overview. rPET cold cups are the recyclable cold-drink option in that range; Chill paper remains the workhorse when you want a paper look beside your hot-cup counter.

Case packs, MOQ and how pricing works

Chill paper cups pack 20 × 50 per case. JC1 juice cups pack 25 × 50; JC2 cups typically pack 16 × 50. Lid case packs vary by family (for example 16 × 50, 20 × 100 or 50 × 50). All use four-tier volume pricing — more cases lower the price per case. There is no custom-print MOQ on these plain lines.

Always check the live tier table on each product in Cold Cups & Lids. We do not reprint one-off unit rates here because case tiering is how wholesale pricing works. A single-site café often starts on 1–3 cases of 12oz Chill; multi-site groups consolidate cups and lids into higher tiers on one Ashbourne order.

What to order alongside cold cups

• Hot coffee cups — when the same counter runs iced and hot drinks
• Kraft carriers and pulp cup carriers for multi-drink takeaway
• rPET hinged salad containers for cold lunch sides beside juice orders
• Soup containers if your lunch menu mixes hot broth and cold drinks
• Straws, napkins and wooden cutlery from plain packaging for smoothie spoons and wipe-downs

Pairing cold cups, lids and carriers on one dispatch keeps Dublin and nationwide kitchens stocked before weekend peaks.

Delivery across Ireland from Ashbourne

PrintNPack is based in Ashbourne, Co. Meath — convenient for Dublin and Meath collections, with nationwide dispatch for Cork, Galway, Limerick and every other county. Plain cold cup orders move quickly because they are warehouse stock, not made-to-print jobs.

UK or Europe shipping is only confirmed case-by-case on request; this guide focuses on Irish wholesale delivery, which is the core service for these cold-cup lines.

How to order cold cups in Ireland

1. List your busiest cold sizes — 9oz kids, 12oz iced, 16–22oz smoothies or clear juice
2. Choose Chill PE paper or Greenspirit rPET (JC1 78mm vs JC2 95mm)
3. Match flat, dome or sip lids to the same rim family
4. Add carriers, salad pots or hot cups if one delivery can cover the full drink line
5. Order by the case on Cold Cups & Lids — watch the volume tiers
6. Take nationwide delivery or collect from Ashbourne, Co. Meath

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