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- The Ember Mug 2 retains drinks at an excellent temperature of your selection.
- Alerts for most well-liked drink temps are despatched to your iPhone or Android machine by the Ember app.
- It is a expensive gadget however value it, due to its high-quality and different sensible options.
Okay, perhaps that headline is a bit a lot, however the Ember Mug 2 is really certainly one of my favourite devices that I’ve used lately — and that is coming from somebody who could be very bored with the let’s-make-everything-smart craze that swept the tech business just a few years in the past. Not each machine must function Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity, but it surely seems to be like I recognize it when my espresso mug does.
I’ve a protracted historical past of brewing espresso or tea within the early morning, however forgetting my mug on the machine or leaving it in an odd place in my dwelling as a result of I get pulled into doing one thing else (one time I discovered my mug within the toilet). This occurs extra often once I’m in a rush or have just a few different early morning issues to care for earlier than I sit down at my desk to start out my work day.
By the point I keep in mind I made espresso and search out my lacking mug, it is typically not less than half-hour or so later. This implies my as soon as piping-hot caffeinated beverage is now somewhat chilly, forcing me to both pour it down the sink and make a brand new cup or warmth it up within the microwave.
Ember Mug 2
So far as sensible devices go, the sensible Ember Mug 2 is fairly spectacular. It retains your espresso or tea on the precise temperature you need, with battery life that is available in at roughly an hour and a half.
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So far as sensible devices go, the Ember Mug 2 is surprisingly helpful
Who desires to drink chilly espresso? Nobody
That is the place the Ember Mug 2 is available in. The sensible espresso mug regulates your chosen liquid’s temperature to no matter works greatest for you. Possibly you favor your espresso at 131°F (55°C). You may make that occur with a fast swipe in Ember’s cellular app. Maybe you are extra of a 122°F (50°C) kind of tea drinker? That is potential too. Any constant temperature you need, as much as a most of 144°F (62°C) and a minimal of 122°F (50°C) is at your fingertips (this function can also be helpful for those who typically steep tea to a sure temperature).
I discovered that I are likely to want about 125°F (52°C), and at any time when my Keurig machine’s Tim Hortons Espresso (I am about as removed from a espresso connoisseur as you possibly can presumably be) hits that temperature within the Ember Mug 2, I get a handy notification despatched to my iPhone 16 Professional. This notification typically doubles as a reminder that I made espresso and must go retrieve my probably misplaced mug. Setup is simple and solely requires you to obtain the Ember iPhone/Android app, maintain down a hidden button on the Ember Mug 2’s base till its mild begins flashing (you possibly can change the colour of the sensible mug’s mild notification, too), and join the sensible mug to your smartphone.
By way of battery life, chilly liquids clearly take longer to warmth up than espresso or tea coming immediately out of a machine. This implies the 14oz (414 ml) Ember Mug 2 I’ve has its roughly 80-minute battery diminished barely when heating up a chilly espresso that is been sitting round for a bit.
The mug itself additionally feels prime quality, which, given its $150 price ticket for the 14oz model, is smart.
This brings me to a few the problems I’ve encountered with the Ember Mug 2 thus far. Typically, it simply would not appear to cost on its dock. I am unsure why, and I’ve checked the contacts on the dock and the rear of the mug as I’ve heard this can typically be the supply of the issue. Rapidly taking it on and off the charger solves this situation, nonetheless. That mentioned, the charging situation occurs so not often that I do not think about it a deal-breaker. On the subject of charging, I typically simply place my Ember Mug 2 on its charger on the finish of the day after washing and drying it, making certain it is good to go the subsequent morning.
On that word, the Ember Mug 2 sadly is not dishwasher secure, which suggests you will want to clean it by hand. You additionally clearly can also’t put the Ember Mug 2 within the microwave.
On a extra optimistic word, you possibly can set the Ember Mug 2 on a timer in order that it maintains your chosen temperature for a selected interval. One in every of my favourite options is the truth that if the mug stays idle for 2 hours, the warmth shuts off, even when there’s nonetheless liquid within the mug. The mug itself additionally feels high-quality and weighty (however not too hefty), which, given its $150 price ticket for the 14oz model, is smart. There are a number of colours, together with a vibrant purple, a chilled-out sandstone and several other flashy metallic hues that appear to be one thing out of a sci-fi film.
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This sensible mug is not for everybody, but it surely works nice for me
Typically, it is in regards to the little conveniences in life
The Ember Mug 2 may not be for everybody given its costly price ticket. It is the kind of gadget you would possibly actually prefer to obtain as a present, however most likely would not purchase your self. For me, although, it gives the kind of minor comfort I actually recognize given how typically I neglect my espresso mug round the home. I may return to not utilizing an Ember Mug 2 and simply an ordinary dumb espresso mug, however I positively do not need to.
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