If you didn’t make your own drink or need a refill, you can buy one in the paper container, carefully pour it into an Ember travel mug and still enjoy it hours into your journey.Īnother nice feature of the travel mug is its automatic wake and sleep function. If you’re lucky, the paper or polystyrene cup with a plastic lid might still hold a fraction of its heat and be just about drinkable after an hour.įortunately, Ember also has a solution: a 12v car charger compatible with the first and second-generation mugs. The only problem with buying a coffee whilst on the road is the container it comes in. Like office-bound workers, those driving a lot also need something to keep them going, and you’ve guessed it, coffee is also the go-to for many drivers. Fortunately, even though it is a decent 12oz/355ml container, the Ember Travel Mug2 fits snugly where it should be in our car.Īlthough I mentioned the large number of people working behind desks, I would be remiss not to consider those spending a lot of their time behind the wheel. For example, the cup holders in my wife’s car will only take specific sized thermos-type drinking vessels, i.e. Incredibly, when it comes to cup holders in modern car cars, they are not all created equally. By simply touching one of the markers, you can set the temperature and the remaining battery time, and you can’t go wrong as the temperature is also shown in large digital numerals.Ī great deal of thought has gone into the design of the Ember Travel Mug2, which is evident in its svelte bottom.
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On the side of the mug is a scale with plus and minus symbols to guide you. The good news is the Ember Travel Mug2 can keep an exact temperature of 120☏ – 145☏ (50☌ – 62.5 ☌) either by touch control on the mug or via the ember app. It is said that the ideal temperature to drink coffee is between 120☏ and 140☏ as this allows the coffee’s notes to shine. How the Ember Travel Mug2 maintains drink perfection Clay has been building companies for around half his life, and with Ember, he’s produced things that people would be saying to themselves, “Why didn’t I think of that!” Ember’s drinking vessels not only look great and work brilliantly but also keep the contents at the perfect temperature and don’t even need a lid on them to do this! When I do, I end up with a lukewarm, sometimes cold drink that has to be warmed up in the microwave and never quite tastes as good.Ĭue Ember, a company, founded by Clay Alexander in 2016 that specialises in products that make hot drinks behind the desk (and other places) become a far more enjoyable experience. So why would my effort be wasted? After all, all one needs to do is bring a drinking vessel to the mouth and imbibe what is so tricky with doing that? The issue is I am frequently distracted, get on a video call or get into a particular mode when writing and forget about my drink. However, there is a slight drawback to using it, and it’s the effort needed to make a drink unfortunately, my efforts are sometimes for nought. It’s only been within the past couple of months that I have discovered the world of ‘proper’ coffee, thanks to a rather smart-looking espresso machine in my kitchen, which can make a wide variety of tasty beverages.
If you’re going to spend hard-earned money on a perfect cup of coffee, then chances are you’d want to enjoy and savour it for as long as you can, so having a drinking vessel such as the Ember Travel Mug2 that allows you to do this is a no-brainer. According to Starbucks, sixty million people visit their stores weekly, and some of their drinks, such as its Super Venti Flat White, are a little pricey. Many people worldwide are, let’s say, very particular regarding their coffee. One staple to keep staff productive is a hot beverage, and the one that sits above all others when it comes to providing an extra boost is coffee. If truth be told, almost everyone in this position would say they could do with a few more luxuries to make the mundane a little more palatable. In many people’s working lives, being stuck at a desk behind a screen during the day is necessary. Are you fed up with leaky, hit-and-miss thermos-type cups? Do you want your favourite hot beverage to be at the ideal temperature with all the taste whenever you want? If so, you need an Ember Travel Mug2, the ‘smart’ way to enjoy a drink in the office, while travelling, or in the great outdoors.