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Fresh to the Handcart: SmartCafé Cafetiere Mug

Posted 1 year ago at 10:22 am. 1 comment

Like many, my day rarely starts in earnest until I’ve had a cup of coffee.  Instant coffee is the work, of course, of a bitter little scientist with poor personal hygiene and very, very small genitals, who wished to take out his angst on the rest of us, and so I have a dinky little cafetiere at work.  Thing is, it’s still got enough for a few big mugs with some to spare, and while that’s a delicious caffeine buzz I have to be careful unless I want my wagging tongue to tell management a few home-truths. 

So let me introduce my latest gadget review, only this isn’t so much of a gadget and it’s not going to be much of a review; the SmartCafé cafetiere mug.  A double-walled plastic mug with built-in French-press-style plunger mechanism, it promises an individual cup of steaming coffee without me having to wastefully pour away the rest of the jug.

 SmartCafé Cafetiere Mug

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