I recently purchased the 8 oz sized Sttoke cup (also commonly misspelled as Stoke), after seeing a Facebook ad. Here’s my Sttoke cup review.
The ad and web site make it seem as if the shatterproof reusable cup is made of unbreakable ceramic, but what you actually get is a steel cup with a Greblon ceramic coating (made by the German coating company Greblon). This is probably better, since the stainless steel construction really is unbreakable. I was expecting something actually made of ceramic, even though I was wondering at the same time how it would be unbreakable if it was really ceramic.
Sttoke mugs have a cool minimalistic design and comes in 3 sizes; 8 oz, 12 oz and 16 oz cups. The external coating comes in several colors including angel white, steel blue, rust brown, satin green, yellow stone, blush rose, mousse taupe, unicorn purple, slated gray and midnight black. It claims to keep a hot liquid at a consistent temperature for up to 3 hours.
I chose the 8 oz Sttoke reusable coffee cup because I have a Krups coffee maker that has limited space to place your coffee cup. Taller cups won’t fit. So if you have a high end espresso machine, you’re probably familiar with this scenario where you can’t fit most travel mugs into the machine, so you either have to make the coffee into a cup and then pour that cup into your travel mug, or some other workaround.
The cup came delivered in a plastic envelope with the boxed cup inside. The box inside was all beat up from being inside the envelope, but the unbreakable steel cup was still in perfect condition.
The cup also comes with a spill-proof lid so you can take the cup with you. It’s one of those standard travel lids with a secure lid closure that you can slide back to open a drinking hole. It works as well as any other lid of this design, and the lid fits the cup. The cup shape is very well designed so that the bottom part of the mug is small and will fit into any car’s cup holder
The bottom of the mug also has bit of either rubber or silicone or some kind of plastic that gives it a non-skid surface when you set it down someplace slippery. So for example, if you set the cup on the roof of your car for a minute when you were about to step into the vehicle, it won’t slide off or get knocked over by a gust of wind. It works very well and was a nicely thought out feature that I don’t think they even mention in the description. Regular ceramic cups and ceramic mugs are not shatterproof, but the Sttoke overcomes this issue since it is actually a steel cup with ceramic coating, which gives it extra durability.
I didn’t buy this as a travel mug, but wanted it as my own reusable coffee cup to use at home. It’s a cool cup. I liked the idea of the ceramic interior finish so my coffee would not pick up any residual odors or flavors from my cup. This way I enjoy only the flavor of my morning coffee. But more importantly, the cup promises to keep your coffee warm longer. I hate lukewarm or cold coffee, and generally have to rush to finish my cup in my regular mug. I was hoping that the Stoke coffee cup would solve this problem.
And indeed, it works great. My perfect cup of coffee stays hot for much longer. It’s a double wall steel cup, like those super popular Yeti mugs from a few years back. It insulates the hot contents of coffee (or even tea), but doesn’t allow heat retention on the exterior of the cup when you are holding a hot drink. The narrow bottom and wide mouth make it easy to hold in your hand.
This is currently my favorite new coffee mug, and I’ve been using it daily since I bought it.
I think this is a high quality product and I recommend it, although I will point out that it’s pretty expensive for just a small steel cup with a ceramic coating. I imagine the additional price gives them enough profit margin to sell the cup with social media ads and that’s why it’s so high and not because it actually costs very much to manufacture.
Still, I’m happy with mine even at the relatively high price, because it keeps my coffee warm and it fits in my machine. Coffee drinkers, please note that only the 8 oz version would fit my espresso machine, and the 12 oz version would be too tall.
Got questions about the cup or the product quality? Leave a comment and I’m happy to answer. Hope you’ve gotten some decent information from my Sttoke coffee cup review.
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