Brugo – a new approach to regulating coffee temperature

Design firm Jolex has develped a novel approach to drinking coffee. They set out to solve the problem of temperature – the ideal temperature for drinking coffee being quite a bit lower than the ideal temperature for brewing it. While details are scarce, it appears to work like this – it’s an insulated thermos (similar to your typical travel mug), which keeps the brewed coffee as hot as possible. When taking a sip, the coffee passes through a special lid which is responsible for cooling the coffee to the desired temperature. So, only the coffee being drank is cooled, the rest in the insulated thermos remains hot. If I had to guess, I’d say the top part of the lid contains an efficient heat sink, and the valve for sipping opens or closes based on the temperature of the liquid. So, when sipping, the coffee travels across the heatsink, but is unable to escape the lid until it has reached the desired (adjustable) temperature. This means there will be a limited flow rate from the device, as the heatsink will need to cool off. It could be adequate for sipping coffee, but obviously will not work for pouring coffee continuously. You can read more about it at the Brugo website, or buy it here for $20. (via Digg)