Happy Father’s Day, Dad. Here’s a cup of coffee that never gets cold!
We were big fans of Ember when they first launched their smart mug that keeps your coffee at the perfect temperature (with pre-sets, people. Pre-sets!), and so, we just had to share this clever Father’s Day edition. Because really, there might not be anything...
The future is here and it’s an alarm clock that brews coffee
Forget the hoverboards and watches that talk. The future is here and it is the Barisieur Coffee Brewing Alarm Clock. Yes, it makes pour over coffee (or loose leaf tea) when your alarm goes off. And it even has a refrigerated compartment for your milk. Seriously. If...
Hot coffee? Yes please! The Ember smart coffee mug is every parent’s dream.
This year, I’ve become a full-on coffee addict. Welcome to life with four kids. Or, any kids…right? But between cooking breakfasts and getting lunch boxes into backpacks and driving the kids to school (no bus for us, bummer), it’s rare to actually...
Amazon Dash Replenishment Service means you’ll never run out of coffee again
The Amazon Dash service has come a long way since we first featured it two years ago when it was just a cool gadget that connected you to your Amazon shopping cart via WIFI. Since then, Amazon added Dash Button, which are little gadgets that live on your washing...
Piquing our Geek: The GE Cafe Series refrigerator now with a built-in Keurig brewer.
Even people who don’t love to cook seem to get excited about high-tech kitchen appliances. Combine that with people who love coffee, and I’m pretty sure that covers nearly the entire population. Or at least all of us geeks here. If you count yourself among us,...
As if you haven’t dissected Star Wars enough already
Seeing as how our friends at Think Geek are having a big sale right now, I was poking around for what must-have (I use that term loosely) I’ll come across, and wouldn’t you know it? I found a contender in this set of stackable Star Wars mugs that made me...
An awesome new coffee subscription app for NYC’s caffeine seekers
With National Coffee Day just behind us, there’s been a whole lot of buzz about buzz lately. And if there’s one thing I learned about people who drink coffee, it’s this: don’t mess with their java. They like it how they like it, and they like...
Tracking your latte addiction with the Jawbone UP Coffee app
I do love coffee, but I don’t always love what it does to my sleep schedule. So I was curious to check out the Jawbone UP companion app, UP Coffee, which sounds a little frivolous, but helps you track how much coffee you’ve had so you can see the impact of...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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