MyCuppa Mugs
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"Gosh, perfect cha, Jackie"
Everyone likes a nice cup of tea or coffee. Here at Firebox HQ our caffeine-intake is staggering. But then it has to be because we're up all hours searching for cool products. The problem is, much as we love our hot drinks it's difficult getting brews just right when you're making them for friends and colleagues. Enter MyCuppa Tea/Coffee Mugs.
Add milk to match the colour
These ingenious drinking vessels have got a series of coloured strips inside, a bit like those colour charts you see in paint shops. The idea is to ask what colour people prefer their tea and coffee and then match it to the selected strip by adding the right amount of milk. Clever, eh? And no more tar-like tea or insipid, dishwater-style coffee.
The colour strips range from Milky to Black with variations such as Dark & Strong and Builders' Brew in between. Just think, with a MyCuppa Mug you'll never mess up a friend's cuppa again - unless you do what we did the other day and chuck in two teaspoons of salt by mistake. Bleurgh!
Coffee Swatches
MyCuppa Tea/Coffee Mugs are brought to you by the clever clogs creatives at Suck UK, the design team behind countless smart but forehead-slappingly simple household items. And like other Suck UK products we can't believe we didn't think of it first. Drat!
Tea Swatches
A perfect pressie for anyone who drinks or makes tea and coffee (that'll be everyone then) MyCuppa Tea/Coffee Mugs are destined to become must-have items in homes, offices and on building sites across the globe. So hurry up and hit the Buy button. Oh, and put the kettle on!
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Please Note:
- Tea and Coffee mugs sold separately
- Dishwasher and microwave safe
Dimensions:
- Approximately 11cm(W) x 9.5cm(H) x 8cm(D)
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Great product! It came very useful for my brother who always complains I make "Masawati" tea (really, really weak tea), so now I can make him the perfuct cuppa! Thanx Firebox!
Katie, Ipwsich - Feb '08 |
I think this is also a good idea and I agree with others that there are more than four shades/strengths of tea, but at least with the four shades you get a closer match than what you would with out them, but more shades would be nice please :D.
Kirsty, Suffolk, UK - Nov '07 |
Superb product! I bought one for my dad and he's very pleased with it!
Saruny - Feb '08 |
Good idea but could maybe do with a time listed under each swatch colour noting how long to leave the teabag in for strength.
Richard, Southend - Dec '07 |
Definitely a brilliant idea! My Mum and I are always making cups of tea for each other and always getting it wrong, she invariably makes mine too weak, and I always leave the teabag in too long for her liking! But I agree there are most definitely more than 4 shades of tea colour! There's weak and watery, weak and milky, strong and milky, and strong without much milk-only the British would know that tea making is such a precise science! Ha ha!
Charlie, London - Nov '07 |
Only four shades - I have 3 different strengths of tea throughout the day myself, then there's my mum, my son, my husband... Wonderful idea but I need at least 10 shades before it starts to be of use. Since it isn't beautiful it doesn't meet the William Morris dictum of useful or beautiful. Let me know when it has been developed to my specifications.... 'Fussy of Brighton'.
Cait 'Fussy' Fleet, Lewes, East Sussex - Oct '07 |
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