Ever burned your tongue on a fresh cup of hot coffee? How about refilling your coffee cup after it gets too lukewarm and cold to enjoy? In March of 2009, two Dave’s who grew up as neighbors and classmates in New Jersey came up with a solution to the hot drink problem.
Coffee Joulies are metal coffee bean-shaped beans that contain the thermodynamic ability to create the optimal temperature for hot drinks. Inside the beans are a special phase-change material which melts at 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Once put in your coffee cup, the material starts to melt, which in turn absorbs an incredible amount of heat and cools your coffee down extremely fast. The heat is stored in the Joulie beans and then when the coffee reaches 140 degrees Fahrenheit (the perfect temperature), the heat is released back into the coffee to keep it at the optimal temperature for drinking.
This keeps your coffee hot 3 times as long, and cools it down very fast. The beans are made in the US from 85% of recycled stainless steel using hydro power from Niagara Falls.
The business began on Kickstarter, earned 3rd place in the Kickstarter hall of fame for raising enough funds to make Joulies in the US. In 2013, Joulies profits and publicity skyrocketed when their product aired on the show Shark Tank.
My family owns multiple Joulies, and I can personally attest that this product works and is a viable solution to an ongoing inconvenience. For more information, you can check out http://www.joulies.com/
This is so cool and definitely needed! I didn’t know something like this even existed. Every coffee shop should sell these!
This company found an innovative and easy solution to a large (niche) problem and I hope their success continues!
I’ve never heard of these things before; that’s so cool! 🙂 For me personally, I don’t drink coffee, but I do drink a lot of tea, and I feel like it’s the same idea with any hot drink. These could really come in handy! Great post, Hannah!
I read this blog at the right time… With Christmas around the corner this is a great gift idea for members in my coffee drinking family. I LOVE this idea!
This is an ingenious idea. It’s remarkable, the technology they use to solve two different problems related to coffee drinking.
Although I am not a coffee drinker, I could definitely see myself using this for hot cocoa or tea. It’s such a great idea and will save people a lot of money. This is a great Christmas gift idea!
This product is VERY innovative. I especially like that it uses hydropower from Niagara Falls. I would be interested to learn more about how that works. This is solution for many of the on the go coffee AND TEA drinkers in the world.
I can’t tell you how many times I have to microwave my coffee before I have finished drinking it. This looks like a classy way to solve an age-old problem. I love the concept, and the name is clever. Good choice Hannah!
This honestly sounds like such an awesome idea! I only really like hot chocolate or tea, but I can still burn my tongue on those. These would be so useful to consumers as a whole and I’m glad to hear that your family knows they actually work!