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A container for dispensing a liquid concentrate comprises a container body with top edge and a cap base sealed relative to the top edge. The cap base includes a wall having an inner thread, a funnel surrounding an opening, and a spout. The container includes a cap top with a shoulder including a fla

A container for dispensing a liquid concentrate comprises a container body with top edge and a cap base sealed relative to the top edge. The cap base includes a wall having an inner thread, a funnel surrounding an opening, and a spout. The container includes a cap top with a shoulder including a flange having an outer thread and depending downwardly from the shoulder to define a channel being open toward a bottom edge of the cap top and located between an interior of the flange and the sidewall of the cap top. The cap top can be threadingly engaged to the cap base to form an outer seal between at least one of the shoulder and the flange of the cap top and the wall of the cap base and form an inner seal between the bottom edge of the sidewall of the cap top and the funnel of the cap base.

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1. A container for dispensing a liquid concentrate, the container comprising: a container body having a top end, a bottom end, and a sidewall connecting the top and bottom ends and defining a hollow interior for storing the liquid concentrate, the top end of the container body including a top edge s

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A container for dispensing a liquid concentrate, the container comprising: a container body having a top end, a bottom end, and a sidewall connecting the top and bottom ends and defining a hollow interior for storing the liquid concentrate, the top end of the container body including a top edge surrounding a container opening;a cap base sealed relative to the top edge of the container body, the cap base including a wall having a top edge and a bottom edge, the wall having an inner thread, the cap base further including a funnel surrounding an opening for directing the liquid concentrate back through the opening and into the interior of the body, the cap base further including a spout extending upwardly from the funnel adjacent the opening;a cap top configured to be removably attached to the cap base to cover the spout and the opening of the cap base, the cap top having a closed top end, a bottom edge surrounding an opening, a sidewall therebetween, and an outwardly extending shoulder disposed about the sidewall of the cap top, the shoulder including a flange having an outer thread and depending downwardly therefrom to define a channel open toward the bottom edge of the cap top and at least partially located between the flange and an opposing portion of the sidewall of the cap top, the channel being adapted to collect liquid concentrate drip along an exterior portion of the sidewall of the cap top between the bottom edge of the cap top and the channel, the cap top having a closed position threadingly engaged with the cap base where an outer seal is formed between at least one of the shoulder and the flange of the cap top and the wall of the cap base and an inner seal is formed between the bottom edge of the sidewall of the cap top and the funnel of the cap base. 2. The container of claim 1, further comprising gripping means for dispensing the liquid concentrate in a preferred orientation of the spout. 3. The container of claim 1, further comprising a shrink wrap sleeve covering at least a portion of each of the cap top, cap base, and container body and including means for opening the sleeve to permit removal of the cap top. 4. The container of claim 1, wherein the flange extends downwardly from the shoulder a shorter distance than an adjacent portion of the sidewall of the cap top. 5. The container of claim 1, further comprising a film attached to the top edge of the container body to seal the container opening. 6. The container of claim 5, wherein at least a portion of the film is separable from a remainder of the film to form a dispensing opening in the film aligned with the opening of the cap base. 7. The container of claim 6, further comprising a tamper-evident member removably attached to at least a portion of a perimeter of the opening of the cap base, the tamper-evident member being attached to a portion of the film, the tamper-evident member being configured to separate from the portion of the perimeter of the opening of the cap base to remove at least a portion of the film to form the dispensing opening in the film. 8. The container of claim 5, wherein the cap base is sealed relative to the top edge of the container via the film. 9. The container of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the spout extends above the top edge of the wall of the cap base. 10. The container of claim 1, wherein the funnel extends radially in a downward direction toward the bottom edge of the wall of the cap base, the funnel being oriented at an angle of at least 15 degrees relative to a horizontal plane. 11. The container of claim 1, wherein the container opening and the opening of the cap base each have a central axis passing therethrough, the central axis of the opening surrounded by the funnel being offset from the central axis of the container opening. 12. The container of claim 1, wherein the opening of the cap base has a tear-drop shape oriented such that the liquid concentrate is directed onto a dispensing surface of the spout through an apex of the tear-drop. 13. The container of claim 1, wherein the sidewall of the cap top includes at least one visual indicator for use in measuring liquid concentrate in the cap top, and wherein the side wall of the cap top is at least in part transparent such that the at least one visual indicator is visible from both sides of the sidewall of the cap top. 14. The container of claim 1, wherein no portion of the cap base passes through the container opening into the interior of the container. 15. The container of claim 1, further in combination with a liquid concentrate. 16. The container of claim 1, wherein the wall of the cap base is curved from the top edge of the cap base to the bottom edge of the cap base and extends outwardly in a direction from top to bottom relative to a central longitudinal axis of the container. 17. The container of claim 1, wherein the outer seal is formed between a landing of the shoulder of the cap top and a top edge of the wall of the cap base. 18. The container of claim 1, wherein the outer seal is formed between the outer thread of the flange of the cap top and the inner thread of the wall of the cap base. 19. A method of dispensing the liquid concentrate from the container of claim 1, the method comprising: removing the cap top from the cap base to unseal the first seal and the second seal; andpouring the liquid concentrate from the interior of the container body through the opening of the cap base and into the cap top interior to a level indicator. 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising pouring the liquid concentrate from the cap top interior and collecting into the channel liquid concentrate dripping on the sidewall of the cap top above the channel following the pouring of the liquid concentrate from the cap top interior. 21. The method of claim 19, further comprising removing a portion of a film sealing the container body from within the opening of the cap base to form a dispensing opening in the film. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the removing a portion of the film includes separating a tamper-evident member, the tamper-evident member being at least in part attached to a portion of the funnel and to a portion of the film and surrounded by the spout, in a direction away from the dispensing surface of the spout to form the dispensing opening in the film.