Awesome! Every morning I ask myself, "How can I cut 4 seconds off of this so I can have some ME time?" BAM! There it is.

"In addition to saving perhaps 4 seconds of your precious time, it lets you use something disposable rather than a spoon which you can wash and reuse"

because there's no such thing as a plastic spoon or swizzle stick? i dont get it.

@oakie: "

"In addition to saving perhaps 4 seconds of your precious time, it lets you use something disposable rather than a spoon which you can wash and reuse"

because there's no such thing as a plastic spoon or swizzle stick? i dont get it. "

cuz honestly, this would be perfect for somewhere other than the home... maybe an OFFICE, perhaps? sounds like not having a real job since leaving high school has narrowed your world view.

These have been formulate to only work in the interior of a Prius, so they cancel each other out.

Kind of like the orange juice in a screwdriver, or eating a bran muffin after smoking crack.

Why not just skip the middleman? If this is so great, OBVIOUSLY a spork/straw combo is better.

Have you really thoughtfully tallied the waste materials involved in making a cup of instant coffee with cream and sugar packets? It seems to me that if this is used in a retail environment (which the article claims it is intended for), then you would otherwise have a few sugar packets and a small disposable single serving of artificial creamer, plus a disposable stirrer. This assumes that the instant coffee is not in individual packs, too.

I suspect that this could actually be less waste, since instead of using individual packaging for coffee, cream, and sugar, plus a stirrer, you are using one package that doubles as a stirrer. Let's investigate this more before crying that the world will be destroyed by environment-haters.

@oakie: What office are you working in that:

a) doesn't provide coffee for its employees

or

b) provides coffee that tastes worse than instant?

This product is simply stupid. It's coffee for the swiffer generaion. Now I'll wait here to attack the first person spouting off about plastic+heat=cancerdeath.

2-in-1 (coffee and cream) and 3-in-1 (coffee, cream, sugar) packets are all the craze in Asia. They're great because it's convenient, quick and affordable. This is actually more eco-friendly because now, you don't need a plastic spoon to stir your coffee. Now if they can only make the container from the sugar itself and let it slowly melt as you stir it, now that would be even better.

But I'd have to heat water up.

What is it? The 80s all over again?

While you may think the spoon container is wasteful, its less wasteful than having a separate instant coffee/creamer/sugar packets. Plus the no need for a spoon means no need to toss a plastic spoon or stirrer, or "waste water" washing a spoon.

@deenster: when i make coffee at home i use a metal spoon and a ceramic mug. there's little waste. plastic seriously doesn't need to be in the equation. plus, some folks say seeped plasticisers cause cancer.

@rdldr1: instant coffee is pure evil.

and 6 oz. of waste water hardly matches the energy and material of a plastic spoon.

waste not, want not

How much water do you need to "clean" a spoon that was used to just stir some damn coffee? I'd think merely wiping the thing clean after each use, with a real wash at the start and end of each week would be sufficient.

Of course, real men don't need spoons.

@oakie:
"sounds like not having a real job since leaving high school has narrowed your world view."

who is that one directed at, the editor? what evidence do you have he's never had a 'real' job? what constitutes a 'real' job?

@Claystil:
people say a lot of mindless FUD - it's good to take it with a grain of (cancerous!) salt...

Coffee is overrated.

Why do you need water? Its a drug already cut in a straw. Dont you just snort it?

you can skip the spoon all together buy just emptying the packet in first, then pouring the hot water. When I make my (real, non powdered) coffee every morning I pour my cream in first. One less thing to wash.

@nutbastard: please see my above comment. My sardonic wit does not translate to text at all.

Wow...giz was way off the mark with this one. I don't think this was invented as a time saver. Rather it seems to be the convienence of it all. Keep one of those in an office drawer or glove box or something.

there are 3-1 coffee packages right?!why need this? you have the prerogative to not wash the reusable spoons anyway.

"In addition to saving perhaps 4 seconds of your precious time, it lets you use something disposable rather than a spoon which you can wash and reuse."

Yea I gotta rip on you too for being dumb. First off who has ever heard of a spoon that has coffee, creamer, and sugar in it? I know my JA Henkels silverware are not packed with instant cup o coffee.

Also you do realize that this is meant for the office setting where people with real jobs work. No more dealing with stupid communal sugar bowls or little sugar packets everywhere. Just grab a tube and you are done.

Ha! Another Yanko "gotcha".

This is about as close as I would come to a "YEnko product:
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When you want a cup of horrible coffee I guess you would want it as quickly as possible.

I can also see this being super duper useful in travel situations.

If the plastic tube is recyclable, what's the problem?

@dingus: i was implying that this would be a suitable substitute for an office that normally provides an alternative instant coffee... they could purchase these to reduce office expenditures if the price is right in comparison to providing the necessary consumables.

@nutbastard: the fact that the first thought in the writer's mind that this would be directed as a solution for the home and not a place of work.

or even waiting rooms of many types.

@MaoChan:
what office doesn't have a coffee maker? what coffee drinker enjoys instant coffee? and finally, not everyone wants cream and sugar ruining their coffee.

"the fact that the first thought in the writer's mind that this would be directed as a solution for the home and not a place of work."

he mentions neither home nor work. so....wtf? really, that was the first thought in YOUR mind, not frooch's.

I'd like to know where the need for this small dubious convenience originated? On a train with no snack-bar service?

Could I just pour the contents into my mouth and let the 98.6 degree heat of my own bod make the pseudo-coffee in my very own human mug? Wow...how is THAT for avoiding waste....? Genius eh ?

Later I could use the straw to clean my ears which would surely be clogged after I pass out in a caffeine-induced coma and lay in my own pool of puke.....reducing waste again by re-using the plastic straw.....perfect!

@juliagulia: you could also re-ingest your puke.

Well, you could wash it and reuse (refill) it. My great-grandma always did wash and reuse plastic flatware and cups.
Ew.

The problem I see with this is that it isn't wrapped. You are taking the package that anyone could have touched and sticking it in your cup of coffee.

For tea drinkers we have Ticolino Bagless Gourmet Tea Sticks.

You can combine pre-measured scoops of freeze dried coffee crystals, non-dairy creamer, and sugar in a small plastic bag or re-useable plastic container and accomplish the same thing.

Or you could just cut the crap and get some coffee.

Hey look while you're going...

Some people will go to any lenths to justify bad coffee. If you want bad coffee, be proud and just drink the crappy stuff from work. If you want GOOD coffee, you certainly don't want THIS thing.

Reminds me of the McFlurry stirring spoons