Smartcafe Hot Cafetiere Mug

Five years ago whilst traipsing around Lakeland stores in Glasgow I happened to come across a couple of travel mugs which looked slightly different to anything I had seen for a long time. Being Lakeland who try to look for unique products, the silver and chrome looking travel mugs looked too garish for the likes of me although for an instant I was swayed by the fact that it had a straw hole as well as the normal flap which seals the drink in. At £12-95 however there was no way I'd consider something like that. However sitting next to them was a grey and black thick thermal travel mug with a cafetiere plunger by a company called "Cuisine," and at the price of ...  Read the complete review

Once in a while I find something both simple and exceptionally useful. Even more rarely the item is also great value for money. The Smartcafe cafetiere mug is one such product and has been in near constant use since I bought it back in April. Background ************* I drink coffee, my husband drinks tea. It's our only really significant incompatibility. At work I suffer disgusting coffee machine slop but at home, I drink cafetiere coffee. I have a number of small and mid sized cafetieres but I'm always a bit annoyed that they're too big for a single cup and I hate waste. As I make a cup every few hours, I seem to spend my life washing them out. ...  Read the complete review

*Amazon addict gets a gift* I have to confess to being something of an Amazon addict. The fantastic range of products, the predictive searching and free delivery when you spend a fiver or more means that it's very easy to make a small purchase for either a gift, or yourself if you're feeling naughty. I've managed to pick up a few small items for my girlfriend this way and was very pleasantly surprised when she reciprocated by ordering me a red Smartcafe mug from my wishlist. I should add that Amazon is currently one of the cheapest places to pick up the mug, at less than £5. That's less than the cost of three lattes from Pret (my coffee shop of ...  Read the complete review

I was wandering around the Avoca store in Dublin last week and came across this marvellous little gadget. An all in one cafetiere, thermal, coffee mug. It's called a 'Smartcafe Hot Cafetiere Mug." It does what it says on the label! It doesn't look particularly smart but under that rather plain exterior lurks a really 'smart' little innovation which was designed by Sebastian Conran. My mug is red and black but another five colours are available. If I had seen the silver one I probably would have bought that. They are a sturdy plastic two toned mug with a built in filter. The filter slides down a groove on the inside of the mug. Holding the ...  Read the complete review

I'm not one for spending hours in the kitchen, so with the possible exception of the kettle there isn't really much in there I could write a review about. I love to drink coffee and tea though and when I'm home alone and fancy a change from the instant coffee I find this item is particularly handy. I'm no coffee snob, as I say I can drink the instant too, but I do enjoy a good coffee and I like to buy beans and grind them at home (coffee grinder, I do use more things in the kitchen!) There's enough washing up to do every day without buying some complicated machinery to make coffee with, so I stick with a cafetiere, but that's a bit much when it's just me ...  Read the complete review