Anyone have experience with the Bodum Bistro Double-Wall mugs?
(link: http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Bistro-Doub ... roduct_top)
Anything else you like using... do tell
Jan 22nd, '09, 10:36
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What's your favorite tea mug (that keeps tea HOT)?
I'm on the search for a quality mug that retains heat. Preheating only sort of works for me... and I'm not looking for those insulated tumblers-- I wanna see that delicious liquid.
Anyone have experience with the Bodum Bistro Double-Wall mugs?
(link: http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Bistro-Doub ... roduct_top)
Anything else you like using... do tell
Anyone have experience with the Bodum Bistro Double-Wall mugs?
(link: http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Bistro-Doub ... roduct_top)
Anything else you like using... do tell
I, too, have used the Bodum double-walled glasses. Maybe it's just the mentality of holding something hot (or cold) that you can see and not being able to feel the heat, but I swear those glasses keep liquids unbelievably hot for long periods of time.
The only caveat I'm putting on my high recommendation for these glasses is how much they seem to break for people. When you get yours, be extremely careful with it or you'll be forking out another $10 or whatever they cost nowadays.
The only caveat I'm putting on my high recommendation for these glasses is how much they seem to break for people. When you get yours, be extremely careful with it or you'll be forking out another $10 or whatever they cost nowadays.
Jan 22nd, '09, 16:27
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For any who might be interested in the concept of how it works....
Most of the insulated cups that work well will have a vacuum between the inner and outer layer. Standard coffee cups have a spacer, but not a vacuum. This works to some degree but serves more to slow the temperature change over helping halt it.
One of the nice aspects of a vacuum is that it does not transfer heat or cold. So as the inner surface of the cup gets hot, the heat run into the inner vacuum and can't radiate out. This forces the heat to remain inside the cup. To be honest you can't get a better insulator.
The down side is that vacuum is constantly pulling both the inner and outer walls of the cup inward. It isn't enough to make it break, but when you add that nice bump to the side wall on the desk...that vacuum works against you and the whole thing breaks.
Most of the insulated cups that work well will have a vacuum between the inner and outer layer. Standard coffee cups have a spacer, but not a vacuum. This works to some degree but serves more to slow the temperature change over helping halt it.
One of the nice aspects of a vacuum is that it does not transfer heat or cold. So as the inner surface of the cup gets hot, the heat run into the inner vacuum and can't radiate out. This forces the heat to remain inside the cup. To be honest you can't get a better insulator.
The down side is that vacuum is constantly pulling both the inner and outer walls of the cup inward. It isn't enough to make it break, but when you add that nice bump to the side wall on the desk...that vacuum works against you and the whole thing breaks.
Jan 22nd, '09, 17:31
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