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Today, in technology corner: I have one of the beaker coffee mugs. Well I broke it, and the main thing good about it wasn't the geek factor, but that it kept coffee warmer (even as thin as they are)(due to the borosilicate glass). In the quest to replace it I got a pair of borosilicate mugs that also have air layer for better insulation - and they do no better.
I then found a near exact replacement of the original and confirmed - the 2 do not have a noticeable difference - the air is just a gimmick in this application (I have some plastic cups constructed this way and they actually do work for cold liquids, interestingly enough).
Do you just prefer glass? Does it keep coffee warm?
Better than ceramic in my experience, yes.
Seems like glass mugs became popular in the 80s. My mom and grandma started using them. Every mug I have is ceramic but I drink herbal tea and rarely coffee. Prefer tea to be Luke warm to cold unless I'm sick then I drink it hot. Everyone in my family uses Yeti stainless and it keeps liquids cold or hot. Ice doesn't melt on a hot day. When the stainless revolution started I didn't use it. I could taste metal. Tried one last summer with water and only tasted water. I'm thinking it was side effect of one of the RX I was on. There are other brands cheaper than yeti but in my opinion aren't as good at holding temp.
Lukewarm tea makes me throw the heck up but to each their own :)
That’s really cool. I think I’m going to order one. I’d like to have my own cup when I pet sit. I don’t like using other peoples things.
The cool thing is it reminds me of my dad’s machine shop. I still have some of the beakers and chemistry, said that he had. Fond memories.
Is this the one that you ordered?
Yup, it's also on Amazon but at the time I found it there was a huge delay, I was like WTF so found it at this place. There are others but this one gets the handle right and stuff (my original was from a science vendor, swag at an old job, and this matches that other than the graphics - one I did try from Amazon before this but after the original died most emphatically was NOT close enough).