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Coming Soon: Self-Heating Coffee

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-we-just-thought-flavia-was-cool dept.

prostoalex writes "In 2005 Wolfgang Puck will start selling containers of self-heating coffee, USA Today says. The combination of calcium oxide and water will heat the coffee to 145 degrees and keep it warm for the next 30 minutes. The coffee will be sold in regular grocery stores, and folks at Fool.com tell Starbucks to watch out as this product, coming from a well-known chef, might target those of us grabbing a cup of hot latte on the way to work."

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  1. already done by monkey_jam · · Score: 5, Informative

    we have these in the UK. They taste about as good as warmed up cold coffee. Which is basically what it is....

    1. Re:already done by clickety6 · · Score: 5, Funny


      The point of coffee shops is leaving the office for ten or twenty minutes.

      In Europe we call that a coffee break. In the US they call that a vacation! ;-)

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  2. won't work by BigBir3d · · Score: 5, Informative

    Comparing this to Starbuck's is foolish. People go to Starbuck's so they can say they go there. And to be seen there.

    Your average coffee drinker does not even realize that most all Starbuck's coffee is over roasted and made of inferior quality beans. The really scary thing; the quality of Dunkin Donuts coffee beans are higher than Starbuck's! I did not know this, but a coffee guru (bean tester and whatnot for major coffee companies) tells me it is true.