My lovely bride has had something much like this for years. It's much simpler, just an on/off switch and no digital readout, no temp control. But she swears by it. Me, I never take so long to drink a cup of coffee that it cools off a whole lot, so I wouldn't need one.
If not cooking outdoors, I am cooking on the stovetop with my 14" carbon steel wok, 12" CI skillet, or in the oven with my two Lodge CI pizza pans, or two dutch ovens. I've also got a nifty Lodge carbon steel grill pan that rocks for veggies outdoors.
I've got a coffee warmer something like that the kids bought me for Father's Day or something many years ago. It sits in a drawer at the moment, as I pretty much only drink coffee from insulated cups that keep my coffee hot for hours now. I am still in fact working on my 7am filling of the insulated coffee cups after more than 2 hours.
My Contigo mugs have worked great for several years now. They survive the dishwasher, although sometimes the paint comes off the stainless steel The lock on the lid never fails. I can drink coffee in the car with no spills on the shirt. Love them.
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WAY BACK, when I worked for a living, several of us had those on our desks at work to keep the coffee warm between obligatory (yeah, right) daily staff meetings. Now retired (21 years) it never takes more than 15 minutes to drink a cup of joe.
I have concluded that it is too damn hot outside for any beverage that is not iced OR "AC low pressure line" cold.
I either brew double strength coffee in a percolator then let it cool and refrigerate it, or I just cold brew the stuff by dumping a bunch of coffee in a jug then adding water and letting it hang out in the fridge for anywhere from a few days to a week.
That's my afternoon go to. I always French press hot coffee in the morning, then if I want more in the afternoon, I do an 11:1 ratio in my V60 pour-over, then put it over ice. Always turns out great! Cold brewing a is a great option as well that I have not really gotten into because of the long lead time.
J-Melt It just takes advance planning. You can buy a container of iced coffee at the supermarket. Put it in the fridge and also start cold brewing more in a 1/2 gallon jug. For the first few days give the jug a shake when when you open the fridge. After a few days the coffee you bought is empty, so filter out the coffee in the jug to refill it. Then repeat the process.
A TV station reporter was interviewing a 103 year old guy known as the "oldest person in the County". Among other things, she asked him what he thought was the "Greatest Invention" of his lifetime.
He says "Oh, that's easy. It's the Thermos bottle."
The startled reporter says "Really? Why?"
The old guy says "It keeps things hot, doesn't it?"
My grandmother made coffee milk for me. My Mom just made coffee, and I put evaporated milk in it. It was a bit stronger than coffee milk. I have been drinking coffee as long as I have been able to drink from a cup.
I had an Ember for a while but it was too much of a pain to put my coffee in that vs. my insulated cup. Especially if I was having my coffee to start with and then had to leave, I would have to change to my insulated one. Plus the batteries in the Ember seemed to go out before I was done with my coffee all the time. I’ll stick with my Yeti.
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