Jun 5 2008Self-Stirring Coffee Mug For The Fingerless

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Are you a lazy bastard or a shop teacher that's had ten accidents? If so, this self stirring mug may be for you. The mugs are made by Gevalia, a company best known for convincing me to sign up for their coffee of the month club through the use of a well placed late-night infomercial featuring a sexy saleswoman with a sultry voice. Anyway, the $19 mug features a special base that runs on two AAA batteries and promises "to gently stir your beverage at the push of a button". Now call me crazy, but what kind of gentle stir creates a freaking whirlpool in your beverage? That picture looks like a blender set on the highest setting. You'd have hot beverage in your lap quicker than you could say "I'm suing you McDonalds because I'm a stupid asshole and the coffee you served me was hot." Still, I'm buying one. Mostly because, unlike that pussy James Bond, I like my martinis stirred -- and served in 12-ounce mugs. Suck it Bond, you couldn't even spy on your own girlfriend in the shower.

Stir Mug Does All Of The Work For You [ohgizmo]

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Thats because Bond is IN the shower with said girlfriend instead of wishing he was.

everyone knows that a proper martini should be stirred - shaking it bruises the alcohol.

If someone happens to buy one, and happens to gently heat some cocoa, then happens to stick their dick in it and it happens be really awesome, let me know so I can break up with my girlfriend.

Anyone else notice the window on the mug? Is that so you can see the whirlpool of death forming in your mug? Because if it is, I can't buy one. I'll sit here all day mesmerized by the swirling foam and not be able to get any work done (and by "get work done" I mean read Geekologie all day.)

Ok, I had this exact same mug about 10 years ago. Brookstone sold it and I remember it was really cool for about a month, and then the battery compartment developed a leak and it eventually stopped working. Mug was too small as well, but it was kind of fun to push the little button and redistribute my coffee/sugar/cream mixture.

Yeah @5, I had a self mixing lemonade pitcher in the early 80's and the same thing happened.

I own one of these. Great stuff till you CBA to clean it and the motor gets clogged

This isn't even worth the bits this Web site is printed on.

"Are you a lazy bastard or a shop teacher that's had ten accidents?"
the brilliant question of the day, bravo Mr. Geekology dude

Could it also be used to spin wet vegetables too, I wonder? I'm thinking half a dozen baby carrots or several green onions, cut in half.

It looks like a blender set on the highest setting. Great machine. I am a single black girl from mixedfriends.com

Damn, that sure is a very unsubtle transition #11 just pulled "oh yes, I agree, this looks like blender. I'm single and desperate." Wow.

Gevalia is awesome. They provide me with my whole bean coffee from Antigua Guatemala, where some of the best coffee in the world is made. Curse you Gevalia for bringing delicious goodness to my home.

I hate to be the asshole who nitpicks about side comments, but after I read about that famous Mcdonalds coffee case I can't help but try to tell people about the "fact vs made-famous fiction".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants

"On February 27, 1992, Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico, ordered a 49ยข cup of coffee from the drive-thru of a local McDonald's restaurant. Liebeck was in the passenger's seat of her Ford Probe, and her grandson Chris parked the car so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. She placed the coffee cup between her knees and pulled the far side of the lid toward her to remove it. In the process, she spilled the entire cup of coffee on her lap.[7]

Liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants; they absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin as she sat in the puddle of hot liquid for over 90 seconds, scalding her thighs, buttocks, and groin.[8] Liebeck was taken to the hospital, where it was determined that she had suffered third-degree burns on six percent of her skin and lesser burns over sixteen percent.[9] She remained in the hospital for eight days while she underwent skin grafting. Two years of treatment followed."

Liebeck sought to settle with McDonald's for US $20,000 to cover her medical costs, which were $11,000, but the company offered only $800

I saw something alike in a video called "The Top 5 Laziest Inventions"... But this one is much more elegant! :)

#12 - I'm laughing as I type this, because I was thinking the exact same thing. Nice segway #11.

Also, if one had no fingers like a shop teacher who had ten accidents, how would one depress the button on this cup to create the awesome vortex of terror?

OH SHI- !!!

It divided by zero.

Slick, but a little over the top. ;-)

i dont get it. where does all the coffe go once it swirls down to the bottom? it cant go through the mug can it?

This will not do. I need a device that not only stirs the coffee, but lifts the mug to my open mouth so that I may take gentle sips.

@Freddy, #11 is a spammer and I don't think #12 realizes that.

Of course, as I said to her yesterday:

How can you be the black girl from mixedfriends when clearly I am!

My boss spills his coffee at least once a day. I may need to buy this for him!

@Momboelitist
yeah, I think #12 (guate6) knows a spammer when he sees one. but that doesn't mean he can't comment on the ultra-smooth segue of said spammer, does it?

@Evan - why? so he can spill swirling coffee instead?

@butterbee - "where does all the coffe go once it swirls down to the bottom?"
you've got to be kidding, right?

momboelist - of course it is. bot that doesn't mean guate6's comment wasn't awesome.

I just wanted to share that I get Gevalia coffee...and I ADORE their coffee. Just wanted to share.

#13 I totally know about the specifics of that case cause one of my Law Professors was her lawyer in the case. All she wanted was for McDonalds to help her out with medical expenses. They basically said piss off. So she sued the crap out of them. My professor was a huge Broncos fan and the womans grandson bought him a football signed by the entire Superbowl winning team and a bunch of other Jonh Elway signed memorabillia.

#20 (Momboelitist ): as Luddites said, yes, I know it's a spammer, I simply wanted to comment.

#15(Freddy K): If it's a dude, and he had 10 accidents, then he can still push the button. If it's a woman...she can get her man to do it. That, or I suppose they can all use nubs :\

@26, it was the "I'm single and desperate" comment that threw me off.....

No problem, all is well!

so could somebody PLEASE recap all these comments for me?

Hey -- now you can simulate the flushing toilet you're about to yakk in after drinking what's in the mug.

How is a fingerless person supposed to pick the mug up by the handle??

ur funny as hell..

"Are you a lazy bastard or a shop teacher that's had ten accidents? If so, this self stirring mug may be for you."

maybe someone already stated the obvious on this one, but if this is for fingerless people so they dont have to stir, how the hell do they pick it up as shown in the pics with the persont with fingers?

is this what they're bribing you with as the "free gift for joining gevalia" now? damn it, now i have to join again. i can't resist free stuff, no matter how silly and useless. . .

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