The Kug.
It’s called The Kug.
It’s a cross between a kettle and a mug. The inventors say ” A Kiss and a Hug, a Kettle in a Mug”, and recommend that you kiss it when you drink from it and hug it with your hands.
The new design is a mug that contains a hidden electrical element. You place the mug on its dock and hey presto, 90 seconds later, you have a mug of boiling liquid for your coffee, tea, noodles, soup, hot chocolate or hot whiskey. It’s up to your imagination.
Designed by Ben Millet and Alan Harrison, two final year students at Dublin’s National College of Art and Design, The Kug has caught people’s imagination.
Originally it was conceived as an entry into a competition to make arthritis sufferers lives easier through well designed products.
They visited an old folks home and noticed how elderly arthritis sufferers had difficulty making a
Now laptops can make coffee, at last.
simple cup of tea. The cup handles were too small and the kettles were too big. They decided to incorporate the liquid container and the kettle in one unit, and to leave out the handle altogether.
You can plug it into the mains, or it will run off the UBS port on your laptop. You chose the temperature of the liquid by rotating the cup to a desired heat level while on the dock.
Kug creators, Ben Millet and Alan Harrison, aged 21 and 22.
The result was a mug which is a mini kettle which doubles as an insulated travel mug.
Clever, or what?
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Stunning!
So how does one gets their hands on one of these magic machines?
Hello Amanda,
I’d contact the two boys on their website and ask them……or you could phone Yuppichef here in Cape Town and maybe they’ll get it for you, they are very good at sourcing.