Contigo Autoseal Vacuum Insulated Mug

The Contigo Autoseal Vacuum Insulated Stainless Steal Travel Mug (say that 5x fast) is quite possibly the closest thing you’ll find to an Apple engineered cup. This Contigo mug features Autoseal Technology, this means liquid only comes out when you’re drinking from it. No more unnecessary dripping and accidental spills. Plus the vacuum insulated steel will keep beverages hot for 4 hours or cold for up to 12 hours.

Features:

• Patented AUTOSEAL® lid is 100% leak-proof and 100% spill-proof
• Drinking made easy! Press to sip. Release to seal. AUTOSEAL® automatically seals between sips to ensure no spills
• Vacuum-insulated technology keeps beverages hot for 4 hours, and cold for 12 hours
• Contoured body makes this mug easy to hold and easy on the eyes
• Will hold up to 16 oz. of your favorite beverage and fits most standard car cupholders
• Constructed with a double wall and stainless steel inside and out for maximum performance
• BPA free

Buy the Contigo Autoseal Stainless Steal Mug from Amazon for $19.99.

A Beer Machine App

Technically, the app is called A Beer Machine + 44 More Drinks. Technically, you can mix a bunch of different drinks with this app from beer, wine to coffee. Technically, you can’t drink any of them. But who cares, making and pouring virtual beers screams 2009. It’s all about impressing your non iPhone touting friends who can only drink in real life. Meh.

“A Beer Machine contains 8 drink machines that enable you to mix, pour and drink more than 35 unique drinks. If your preference is alcoholic beverages you can select from beer, wine, martinis, cocktails, or champagne. If you are the designated driver or under the legal drinking age you can select from soda, colas, tea, lemonade, coffee or water.”

Buy A Beer Machine + 44 More Drinks by BahnTech at the iTunes Store for $0.99.

Double Koi Organic Green Tea

My passion for loose leaf tea is really growing. In the past week my loose leaf collection has grown thanks to Mighty Leaf Tea Company and Lupicia Fresh Tea. Double Koi Organic Tea Company is a brand that I discovered through Twitter and after quickly browsing their offerings I was impressed. They are know nfor their flavored organic teas that are imported from Asia.

“Double Koi Tea Company is a progressive and innovative tea company, designed to offer consumers gourmet quality organic tea. We take pride in packaging your tea fresh from the time you order. It is hand-packed and hand-sealed, so that each bag of tea is inspected thoroughly by diligent human eyes. We are committed to shipping only the best leaves and petals to your home.”

Below are the Organic Raspberry and Apple Green Tea Blends. The Raspberry tea “have natural raspberry bits, and natural hibiscus flower petals. A marriage of delicate aromas and sensual flavor.”

The Organic Apple Blend Green tea is imported from China and features: a blend of organic green tea leaves, organic safflowers thread, and organic apple flavor.

And while you’re shopping at Double Koi, why not pick up a tea pot to brew your loose leaf tea. “This round teapot is crafted with the Happiness Kanji on the side. It is adorable and very zen. The classic black color will compliment any tabletop or display. It will make a great collectible piece. Care instructions: Hand wash with soap and water.”

Buy the Organic Green Teas from Double Koi Tea Company for $9 – $40 (1.5 oz. to 16 oz)

Buy the Cast Iron Happiness Kanji Teapot from Double Koi Tea Company for $80.

5 Fun, Useful and Free iPhone Drinking Apps

I’m an iPhone kind of guy and luckily for me there’s no shortage of drinking apps for my mobile hardware of choice. Here are 5 drink apps that I found to be quite useful. They range from cocktail helpers to wine pairing guides. There’s even an app for coffee lovers!

I decided to focus mainly on free drinking apps for this review roundup. For the next round, we’ll take a look at some of the premium paid apps. Do you use any of these apps?

1. 5,800 Drink & Cocktail Recipes by Webworks and Applications

This app by Webworks and Applications is a straight up drink and cocktail database. Lovely. You can browse the library by view all drinks or thumbing through different categories of drinks or by ingredients. And if you are feeling a little risque then the Random Drink option is for you.

This app might be overwhelming for some but if you want to know what you’re drinking before some random dude orders it for you at some random bar then this huge database of drinks can help you do just that.

2. Girl Drinks by Treeline Interactive

Sometime you just need a little fruitiness to have a good time. Sometimes, fruity drinks just go along with the company. Either way, if you want to find the perfect fruity drink then Girl Drinks is just up your alley!

Although they’ve got the word Girl as part of the app name, this app could easily be just as useful for men. Think of it this way, men typically love beer and know nothing about girly drinks (note I said typically because this is not always true). For these men, this app is a godsend! Now you don’t have to twiddle you fingers wondering what to get your female companion.

3. Hello Vino – Wine Pairing Guide by Drive Thru Interactive

I’ll admit, I know next to nothing about wine. There, I said it! But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy it (and I do). It’s just that I never know what to drink with what. That problem is solved (sort of) with the help of Hello Vino – Wine Pairing app from Drive Thru Interactive.

The app itself is unbelievably easy to use. Just tell the app what you’re eating and it pumps out a wine suggestion tailored just for you. Nice! And if you’ve had that particular drink it has the ability to give you more suggestions.

Not only can you pair wine with your meal but you can also pair things like occasion or browse by taste/style, and even country/region.

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