Ember’s new temperature-controlled mug makes my nightly tea ritual even higher

With the nights getting chillier, I’ve been reaching for a cup of tea extra usually. And if there’s one factor that may make a comfortable fall evening even higher, it’s a heat drink that truly stays heat. Enter Ember’s new Mug 3, the newest model of the corporate’s temperature-controlled good mug, which is designed to maintain your drink at simply the best temperature for so long as you sip.

Ember first launched its good mug in 2016 to resolve an issue most espresso and tea drinkers know all too properly: getting distracted for a couple of minutes, solely to return to a lukewarm drink. Now, the corporate is again with its third-generation mug, which brings a handful of sensible upgrades.

The greatest change is that you simply now not should open the app to regulate your drink’s temperature. Instead, you should utilize the button on the underside of the mug to cycle by way of 5 preset temperatures, beginning at 125 levels Fahrenheit. Each press raises the temperature by 5 levels, as much as a most of 145 levels, so you possibly can simply make your drink somewhat hotter with every click on.

Honestly, that is the function I ended up utilizing probably the most throughout my time testing out the mug. At evening, once I’m curled up in mattress with a guide and a cup of tea, my telephone is normally someplace throughout the room. Being capable of alter my drink with out getting as much as discover it’s a small comfort, however one I genuinely recognize.

It’s additionally a welcome change for customers who’ve reported working into connectivity or pairing points with the Ember app. 

That stated, I do have one criticism: the button is situated on the underside of the mug. It’s a peculiar design alternative while you’re coping with a cup stuffed with sizzling liquid, and it isn’t significantly simple to press, both. I usually discovered myself tilting the mug and urgent down firmly to get it to reply. So, whereas I recognize the addition of on-mug controls, I want Ember had made the button simpler to succeed in.

If you favor utilizing your telephone, the Ember app nonetheless affords loads of customization. After pairing the mug along with your telephone over Bluetooth, you possibly can select presets based mostly on what you’re ingesting. Ember recommends 136 levels Fahrenheit for black espresso, 132 levels for inexperienced tea, and 142 levels for lemon water. You can even create your individual temperature presets, which is helpful should you like your drinks somewhat hotter or cooler than the advisable settings.

The Mug 3 additionally comes with just a few different upgrades, together with a sliding lid designed to assist forestall spills. The mug can even preserve your drink at its desired temperature for as much as three hours on a single cost. And it’s the primary mug in Ember’s lineup to be top-rack dishwasher-safe, making cleanup simpler. (Just remember the fact that it isn’t microwave-safe.)

The Ember Mug 3 is available in two sizes: a 10-ounce mannequin for $129 and a 14-ounce model for $149.

The smaller mug is accessible in black, white, and chrome steel, whereas the bigger measurement is available in eight colours, together with sage inexperienced, lavender, powder blue, salt blue, sandstone, white, black, and matcha inexperienced.

Alongside the brand new mug, Ember additionally launched the Tumbler 2, which replaces each the Travel Mug 2 and the unique Tumbler in its lineup. The 16-ounce tumbler incorporates a slimmer, taller design meant to suit customary automotive cup holders. It’s obtainable in black for $179, whereas the Travel Mug 2 will stay obtainable till provides run out.

The merchandise can be found to buy on Ember’s web site, Target, and Amazon.