Coffee Joulies
Coffee Joulies are small, stainless-steel capsules of phase change material designed to be placed in a covered, insulated container cup of coffee to keep it at a drinkable temperature for a longer period of time. They came out of a Kickstarter project launched by Dave Petrillo and Dave Jackson in Tahoe City, California.
The Kickstarter project launched around March 27, 2011 and was fully funded three days later, even though the funding target didn't need to be met for thirty days.[1][2] After the early success of the Kickstarter project, Petrillo left Lutron Electronics Company to focus on the production, which will occur at Sherrill Manufacturing in Sherrill, New York.[3][4][5] The team decided to continue with production in the United States, rather than moving to Mexico, as was their initial plan.[5][6][7]
The project was at 300% of the target funding level by April 1, 2011.[8] As of 9 April 2011[update], the project had raised $128,000 by 2200 backers, while the original project target was only $9500, and the dies for stamping were expected to cost $20,000.[4][5]
The phase change material used has a melting point of 140 °F (60 °C).[9]
Doubts
Several bloggers have expressed doubts over the product effectiveness. After doing some tests, they reported that the product does not work very well. [10][11][12][13]
References
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- ^ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/705847536/coffee-joulies-your-coffee-just-right/posts/64980
- ^ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/705847536/coffee-joulies-your-coffee-just-right/posts/64709
- ^ Baber, Cassaundra (30 May 2011). "Coffee Joulies' young inventors bring new life to Sherrill plant". The Observer-Dispatch. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ a b Wortham, Jenna (21 April 2011). "Online Help for Those Who Want to Make Tangible Stuff". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ a b c http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/705847536/coffee-joulies-your-coffee-just-right/posts/67828
- ^ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/705847536/coffee-joulies-your-coffee-just-right/posts/67828
- ^ "Coffee Joulies Save you from Scalding Coffee". ABC News. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Gulezian, Lisa (1 April 2011). "Two entrepreneurs find cool idea for hot coffee". KGO-TV. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Buchanan, Matt (30 March 2011). "Cream, Sugar and Some Endo-Exothermic Phase Change Material for Your Hot Coffee?". Gizmodo. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ http://journal.drfaulken.com/coffee-jouliestm-beverage-cooling-beans-review/
- ^ http://www.marco.org/2011/08/10/coffee-joulies-review
- ^ http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2011/08/coffee-tea-and-joulies/
- ^ http://jeffammons.net/2012/01/a-swift-kick-in-the-joulies/
Further reading
- Coffee Joulies – Your Coffee, Just Right - Wired
- Coming Soon To Your Mug: Temperature-Regulating Coffee Widgets - Popular Science
- Coffee Joulies - just the way Goldilocks likes it - Gizmag
- Want to keep your drink hot? - Toronto Sun