Sensor-Packing, App-Aided Coffee Mug Turns Traveling Users Into Baristas – CoffeeTalk
The iKoffy GoBrew coffee maker is designed to allow users to be their own barista while on the road. The 10-oz (296-ml) smart insulated coffee mug communicates via Bluetooth with an iOS/Android app on the user’s smartphone. The base of the mug includes a circuit board, pressure sensor, LED display, and a rechargeable 400-mAh lithium battery.
The app monitors the bean-to-water ratio, brewing time, and other factors. Users select a recipe from the app, which indicates the weight of coffee beans required. Once the required weight is reached, the beans are transferred into a third-party portable grinder, which is an extra bit of gear the user has to supply.
Once the beans have been ground, they are placed in a filter-lined dripper placed on top of the mug. The app tracks factors such as the amount of water being added (via its weight) and brewing time. Users can take the DYI approach instead of following any of the recipes, saving a record of their experiments on the app.
The insulated GoBrew mug is claimed to keep coffee hot for up to five hours. It has a double-walled stainless steel body with an enamel exterior and a ceramic-lined interior, and a conical interior profile designed to enhance coffee flow within the cup. A translucent polycarbonate lid sits on top, popping on and off of a silicone gasket that forms a 100% leakproof seal. The mug can quickly cool its liquid contents to a non-mouth-burning 80 ºC (176 ºF) and keep them hot for up to five hours.
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Source: Coffee Talk