Coffee mug keeps perfect temperature longer

German researchers have devised the coffee mug that keeps coffee at the perfect temperature.

Or, if you prefer tea, it will also do the same for tea, or mulled wine…

We got upset because the mulled wine” — Glühwein, in German — “was always either too hot or too cold,

The perfect coffee mug was designed by Klaus Sedlbauer, the head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP), and his colleague Herbert Sinnesbichler.

The secret to their success is Phase Change Material (pcm) which is a wax like material that has been used in construction for a number of years.

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Food, glorious food – but watch what you eat and how you cook it to stay away from that dreaded ‘C’ word.

Oh, let that hot beverage cool too.

Iranian researchers have found that drinking very hot tea may cause throat cancer.

The study, published in the British Medical Journal in March, found that drinking very hot tea at a temperature higher than 70degC was associated with an eight-fold increased risk of throat cancer compared to sipping warm tea at less than 65degC.

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Fresh Find: Electric Tea Kettle

*by China Millman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Making tea seems like the simplest of tasks — boil water, pour over tea — but there’s always some fancy new gadget promising to transform your tea into an astonishing culinary experience. I’m very skeptical about such devices, but occasionally I’ll come across one that actually seems worth investigating.

As long as you start with good tea or coffee, the temperature of the water often means the difference between a good and a great cup, and that’s where Breville’s new variable-temperature electric tea kettle offers something new.

Four settings allow you to quickly heat water to specific temperatures: 175 degrees for green tea, 185 for white tea, 195 degrees for oolong tea and 212 degrees for black tea. There’s also a setting for 200 degrees for French-press coffee. The kettle beeps when it reaches the proper temperature and maintains that temperature for up to 20 minutes.

One caveat: At $149.95 (on Amazon.com and at Williams-Sonoma.com) this kettle isn’t cheap, so if you’re only an occasional tea (or French press) drinker, then you should probably stick with a stove-top kettle or a less expensive electric model. But if you find yourself constantly breaking out the thermometer to measure the temperature of your tea water, this kettle may be the best thing that ever happened to your mornings.

*Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09029/945225-34.stm