Frequently Asked Questions

Do insulated coffee cups actually keep coffee hot?

They do, and knowing why tells you how to get more out of one. Heat needs something to travel through, and the vacuum sealed between the two steel walls takes that away. Practically: leave as little air at the top as you can, and warm the cup through before the coffee goes in.

Stanley 1913 Insulated Coffee Cups & Mugs

A coffee cup that lets your coffee go cold has failed at one job. Every Stanley 1913 mug and cup is double-wall vacuum insulated stainless steel, so the coffee you poured at eight is still hot at nine, and the cup stays cool enough to hold while it does it.

Insulated Coffee Cup

The point of an insulated coffee cup is the last third. Most cups get the first few mouthfuls right and then hand you something lukewarm, because a single wall of ceramic or paper radiates heat straight out. Two steel walls with a vacuum between them don't, which is why the bottom of the cup tastes like the top.

Stainless steel also doesn't hold onto flavour between drinks, so a cup that had coffee in it yesterday doesn't put that into today's tea.

Coffee Mug, With a Handle

This is the range to come to if you want a handle, because our travel mugs do not have one. A stainless steel coffee mug gives you the shape and grip of a proper mug with insulation ceramic cannot manage, which makes it as good on a desk as it is round a campfire. Sturdy enough that dropping it dents it rather than ends it.

The Stanley 1913 coffee mug with handle is the classic of the range, with a Tritan™ drink-through lid that keeps splashes in without sealing the mug shut.

Reusable Coffee Cup

A reusable coffee cup only saves anything if you keep using it, which comes down to whether it's pleasant to drink from and easy to clean. Both are why we build them from steel rather than plastic. It also means most coffee shops will fill it, often for a few pence less.

Espresso, Matcha, Builder's Tea

The range runs small enough for a double espresso and large enough for a proper mug of tea, and covers matcha, hot chocolate and iced coffee on the way through. If you want to know which size suits your drink, our guide to choosing coffee drinkware sets the options side by side.

Built for Life, Built to Last

One steel mug outlives a cupboard's worth of ceramic, which is the case in a sentence. Nothing chips, nothing develops a hairline crack, and nothing gets binned because it met the sink badly. 18/8 stainless steel, no BPA, dishwasher fine, and a shape that has needed very little revision in a century.

Complete Your Collection

Heading out the door with it? Travel Mugs seal shut and sit in a cupholder. Carrying a larger volume hot? Flasks. Café is the hot-drinks hub, and Drinkware covers everything we make.

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