You already know what a mug warmer does. This one you never switch on. Set the cup down and the plate starts. Lift it off and the plate stops.
So the coffee you poured at eight is still hot at nine, and you drink the whole cup.
No microwave. No second pot. No cold mouthful waiting at the bottom.
Coffee has about twenty minutes in it
You pour a full mug and the first third goes down hot. Then the phone rings, or somebody stops at your desk, or the thing you were working on gets interesting.
You come back to it and it has gone to room temperature. That is the worst place coffee can land. Too cool to enjoy, and too much left to tip away. So you microwave it, which cooks it and makes it taste burnt. Or you pour it away and make another.
On the plate it stays where you poured it, and the last mouthful tastes like the first.
Setting the cup down is the switch
The plate feels the weight of the cup. That is the whole control. There is no dial to turn and no rocker to find behind the monitor.
It matters most at the end of the day. A warmer with a switch on the side stays on until you remember it. You remember it at eleven at night, from the other side of the house. This one went off when you carried the mug to the sink.
Two settings, and the plate tells you which one
The range runs from 104 to 140 °F. The lower setting suits milk, hot chocolate and anything you are about to hand to a child. The higher one is for black coffee and for tea.
The glass reads it back to you. Blue for the lower setting, red for the higher, and a pink flash while it waits for a cup.
Almost anything flat-bottomed will stand on it. Ceramic, glass or metal. A mug, a tumbler, a small glass teapot. The base wants to sit inside the plate rather than hang over the edge. And the top is glass, so a spilled ring has nothing to soak into.
Four plugs, and the same warmer under all of them
Pick the one that matches the sockets in your wall. EU, US, AU or UK. Nothing else changes between them.
Then it sits where you put it. The desk, the bench by the kettle, the chair you actually read in. And you finish the cup you poured.
Specifications
Dimensions: 4.7 x 4.7 x 0.8 in (12 x 12 x 2 cm)
Weight: 9.5 oz (270 g)
Material: ABS with a tempered glass top plate
Color: White body, black glass plate
Power: 18 W
Power source: Mains, with a choice of EU, US, AU or UK plug
Temperature: 104-140 °F (40-60 °C)
Heat settings: Two, a lower and a higher
Activation: Gravity induction. Starts when a cup is set on it, stops when the cup is lifted off
Controls: Touch mark on the front of the body
Indicator: Blue on the lower setting, red on the higher, flashing pink on standby
Fits: Flat-bottomed ceramic, glass or metal cups and pots, with a base no wider than the plate
Use: Maintains the temperature of a hot drink. Indoor tabletop use, on a flat heat-resistant surface
Package Includes
1x Mug Warmer