The Self-Stirring Cup Signals the Potential End of the Teaspoon
Tea time could be changed forever with the self-stirring cup.
A prototype for a teacup called Ceramic for Mix aims to obviate the need for teaspoons. The teacup, by the design firm Anna Gram, stirs the tea with a twirling motion of the wrist. When you take a sip, the ball is trapped in the base of the glass by gravity to prevent accidental ingestion. Says Anna Gram's website: "Function creates a new gestural and aesthetic appeal." [via Neatorama]
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12 Comments:
So what happens when the glass is near full, you give it a swirl and cover your hand in boiling tea? Is a spoon really that hard to use?
Coupey at 9:58AM on 04/21/08
But how do you get the sugar to the cup?
Barbara Hanson at 10:03AM on 04/21/08
I don't think so. Instead of rendering the teaspoon useless, this cup proves itself to impractical. As Coupey said, is a spoon really that hard to use? ANd how long before some yokel chokes on the agitator ball and sues the company right out of business anyway?
AJ1280 at 10:22AM on 04/21/08
You know, it took me a good year or so to learn how to properly use a spoon (no shoveling, spooning my soup from front to back, etc, stirring without splashing). Admittedly I was quite young at the time, but come on - hard earned skills, people! I'm not giving them up for some stinking ceramic teacup.
chisai at 11:01AM on 04/21/08
But what happens when you get to the very last of the tea in the cup? You'll have to choose between drinking that last bit and possibly swallowing the stirrer, pulling out the stirrer with your fingers (or a spoon, rendering the cup useless), or missing out on that last bit of tea. I don't want to think that hard about my tea. I think I'll stick to the spoon.
buffyholic at 12:07PM on 04/21/08
This is the sort of product that info-mercials were made for. Imagine the delight that a good director and copywriter could create around it!
If it were me, I'd create a disco-dancing scene where everyone was drinking from the cup. No spoons! Woooooohoooooo! Dance the night away. With your CeramicFormix. Life is a breeze.
Karen Resta at 12:16PM on 04/21/08
This is sort of heartbreaking. I love the ritual of stirring my coffee or tea. And how sad would it be if TS Elliot's line "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons" became obsolete?
mincemeat at 12:21PM on 04/21/08
Spoons are so... 20th century.
Erin Zimmer at 12:22PM on 04/21/08
gimme a spoon and leave me the hell alone.
olddad at 1:35PM on 04/21/08
yet another product we cant live without and didn't realize we needed! ;)
huney_bumper at 1:52PM on 04/21/08
I love the idea from the website of "creating a new gestural appeal".
Sometimes I try to create new gestural appeals, too.
Usually nobody has a clue as to what I am doing except maybe they think I'm going spastic.
Karen Resta at 3:27PM on 04/21/08
Even if you don't need a spoon to stir anymore, the teaspoon is still just perfect for measuring loose tea.
MikeA at 7:48PM on 04/21/08