Coffee and tea make the morning work world go round, regardless of whether it is in an office, a factory or in the home. What is common to all hot beverage drinkers is the continuing problem of putting down the coffee cup and coming back to it a bit later when the temperature has gone from hot to tepid, or even cold. The electric cup warmer has become a godsend to anyone who has ever had to put their cup down.
Not all warmers are created equal and when shopping online for them, there is a huge difference in price points, styles and modes of operation. One electric cup warmer that can be purchased for less than $10.00 is made by Mr. Coffee. It has received mixed reviews on Internet shopping sites, so let us take a look at cost versus quality.
Some people are under the mistaken belief that electric cup warmers are designed to actually heat up stone cold beverages, and this is not what they are designed for at all. Nearly all reviewers agree that the Mr. Coffee brand does an adequate job of keeping an already hot cup of Joe exactly that way with their warmer. In fact, as more of the beverage is sipped, the remainder in the cup actually gets warmer. Some people have commented that they believe that the warming unit overall gets a bit on the hot side, so it is a good idea to keep it away from anything with flammable potential.
The ten buck price tag makes this electric cup warmer a very popular item for office gifts, or as a promotional item for a company. The fact that it performs well for keeping warm beverages warm makes it a terrific value. So what if it doesn’t heat a cold beverage up, it is a warmer, not a heater.
In summary, this Mr. Coffee warmer is well worth its weight in toasty warm liquids. It does the job quite well. For ten bucks, or thereabouts, it is very hard to go wrong. At worst, the coffee gets cold just like it used to and at best (and a much more likely option) is that the magical black juice that we have come to love stays piping hot until the last drop.