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Review of Bodum Bistro Double Wall Thermo-Glass Mugs & Competition (closed)

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I’m always on the lookout for well-designed and practical products, so when my sister reported that she’d had ice cream served to her in a restaurant in a double-walled glass which wasn’t cold to the touch, I had to find out more.

After a quick Google, I showed her that the manufacturer must be Bodum, and she confirmed that yes these were the same glasses that she’d seen. Being half Danish, I had to find out more and contacted Bodum, who are a Danish manufacturer known for their stylish and functional products which improve everyday life. They have a vast range of double-walled glasses and mugs in all sorts of shapes and sizes as well as a whole host of other products.

The lovely people at Bodum asked me which product I would like to try, and I knew immediately. Once I’d read that because of the double wall, you never get condensation and therefore no ring mark on your surfaces, it had to be the Bistro Double Wall Thermo-glass Jumbo Mugs, which have a capacity of 450ml and also come in two smaller sizes.

We drink a lot of tea in this house and my husband is forever needing refills, but most importantly, he seems to always miss the coasters that I leave around and makes marks on my glass tabletops. These design award-winning mugs are made to keep hot drinks hotter for longer and cold drinks colder for longer without the outer wall becoming either hot or cold to the touch! As well as the double wall of thermal glass, these mugs also have a hydrophobic silicone vent in the base to allow the air pressure between the two glass layers to be constantly equalised with the outside air pressure. Hence, these mugs are happy to be put in a dishwasher too. I think it’s so cool when science and aesthetics come together and not only to look good but to solve problems as well.

Bodum double wall thermal mug
Hot Chocolate – hot on the inside, cool to touch on the outside!

So how did we get on? Well first I made hot chocolate which was great for checking out the outer temperature of the mugs which was amazingly neutral in temperature on the outside even though the drink was piping hot on the inside! I always have a problem passing a mug of tea to my huband and one of us ends up holding a piping hot mug which is not nice to say the least. So it was such a pleasant change to no longer have that problem as this mug can be handled all over with no fear of any burning fingers!

The next morning my husband made tea for us and as he’s such an early riser I normally end up with a luke warm cup of tea waitng  for me in the kitchen. So it was such a joy to come down to a Bistro mug of tea that was still hot – these mugs really are like magic.

Bodum Double Walled Jumbo Thermal Glass Mugs
Iced Tea – not a spec of condensation to be seen!

Next, I thought I’d try out some cold drinks with iced tea and cordial. Again, there was no unpleasant freezing cold glass to hold as the double thermal wall kept the chill away from our fingers! Plus, there was no condensation on the outside of the glass mug, so no annoying ring marks to be had.

I had a mug of cordial with my lunch, and as usual, being a slow drinker, hadn’t drunk most of it; an hour later, when I returned, there were still remnants of ice cubes in the mug and the cordial was still chilled – pretty amazing even allowing for my cold kitchen!

Bodum Double wall thermal glass mug
Iced Cordial – stayed chilled an hour later!

I really do think the whole range of double wall thermo-glass products that Bodum have invented are so brilliant, and I love it when form and function go hand in hand. To overcome the problems of condensation marks and too hot to hold mugs in one go is pure genius in my book! My husband got so used to drinking from these gorgeous mugs that when I handed him a tea in one of our conventional mugs, he moaned, “No special mug then”!

So now I’ve whet your appetite, I simply had to give one of my readers the opportunity to win a set of these Bistro Mugs, which retail for £37 a pair. To enter the giveaway, simply enter the Rafflecopter below and tell me what the first drink you would make in these mugs?

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  5. Annamarie Riddiford

    A delicious cup of tea which would not go cold for once, I make lots of cups of tea and leave many when they are cold. What a fantastic looking product.

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  20. Lesley Bain

    A lovely creamy scalding hot latte…..would be lovely to be able to drink it right away instead of waiting ages before I can touch my usual tall glass mug 🙂

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  24. Joanna Smith

    My specialty Baileys Hot Chocolate with chocolate straw and liquor soaked marshmallows! Oooh I’m salivating now!

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  33. mummyand her kids

    Like most people it would have to be coffee. I have to have two cups of coffee before I can do ANYTHING!

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  34. Katie Harmer

    I would make hot chocolate – and I would be able to see whether it’s mixed thoroughly too!

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  41. Katherine L

    I have a lovely French Earl Grey tea I save for special occasions .. this would be one of them 😉

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  45. Euphoriabuzz

    My first drink would be a lovely hot cup of coffee, I never finish my coffee because I don’t like it once it has gone lukewarm, so these would enable me to be so much less wasteful, and less thirsty too

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  51. BinkyPower

    A yummy hot chocolate. great idea as there’s a good chance my drink would still be warm when i come out of book land!

    I get so absorbed in my books that I usually end up with a cold drink – even though it started off warm – there’s no way I’m going back down stairs to make a fresh one!

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  52. Sue Ovens

    Coffee for me. I may be vertical on rising but need my caffeine fix to function properly. By the time I’ve fed the cats and sorted out breakfast my first coffee is going cold so these would be ideal.

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  71. Jan Davies

    Sorry, it escaped before I finished! These look really good and I’d love to have my first tea of the day in one

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  75. Lorraine Crighton

    Lemon and ginger tea with a touch of clover honey for me. Just finished one and could do with another

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  91. SW Lee

    I would make a hot chocolate with lots of whipped cream on top. Possibly with added marshmallows! They look so much nicer in a glass rather than a mug!

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  104. sandie a

    It will be gardening weather soon and would be great to make a lovely cup of tea in it . I would be lovely to take sips imbetween the back breaking work knowing it was keeping warm and would put an end to me drinking cold tea 🙂

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  108. Rachel Coombs

    Literally addicted to tea! Some people like their cuppa to cool a bit before they drink it but I like it super hot straight from the kettle – these mugs would be perfect for keeping my whole brew steaming hot 🙂

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  109. ClairejB

    I’d make a cup of tea as I love a nice cuppa but I always leave it until it gets cold as I get distracted by my computer etc and when I go to drink it realise it’s cold. 🙂 These mugs sound amazing!

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  119. rachel humphries

    It would be coffee, the mugs are amazing. My coffee always goes cold in the morning whilst I’m getting the children ready for school 🙁

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  122. H Cameron

    Oh how to make two busy office happy? A whole hot cup of tea perhaps? Some of the best things in life are within our grasp!

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  129. Fridge Forager

    Oh, the first thing I would make for these mugs is a blueberry, lacto-free ice cream smoothie. I’ve been wanting to do one for ages, but because it includes ice cream I have to drink them slowly. Unfortunately, this means they warm up but … with these Bodum Double Wall Thermos Mugs, that won’t happen. Joy!

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  136. Christine Johnson

    A cup of frothy coffee, seeing the froth inside the cup would make it such a relaxing drink

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  143. Kerry Pope

    I would definitely have a lovely Hot Chocolate with cream and marshmallows as my first drink in my new mug, but I know my husband would have a Latte in his.

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  162. christina brown

    Some iced elderflower cordial or some hot and yummy pineapple and grapefruit green tea 🙂

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  164. Aimee Wright

    Tea. I have a habit of forgetting about my tea and then half of it goes cold, so these would be perfect!

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  166. Annemarie Dobson

    I dont know if its the cold weather but when i make my wake me up cuppa in the morning, its warmish ….ughhhh
    i have tried many mugs, china cup, so i think the bodum cup would be ideal,
    so i would use the fab mug to have my HOT TEA that is the only thing that wakes me up, so rather than me walking around in a cold tea state of mind….i would be my usual buzzing self!!!!
    nothing worse than a luke warm cuppa …….

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  186. John Tingay

    Very, very strong black coffee in one mug, and icy cold water in the other. If you haven’t ever tried it this way you are missing a real treat.

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  195. Wendy Lam

    Ooo…I recently bought these chia seeds and these mugs would be great to make a hot fresh lemon and honey drink with some chia seeds in it. They call it Chia Fresca but I make a hot one due to the cold weather.

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  203. Lisa Williams

    I would make some tea I have always wanted these something about watching the te brew in a see through mug is hypnotising as crazy as that sounds 🙂

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  204. Ellie B

    oooh i would love these. in the 1970’s my gran used to have one of those smoke coloured glass cups and we loved them because you could see the tealeaves in the tea! lol

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  244. Daren Strevens

    Wobbly Coffee’s for my Wife and I (Coffee with Baileys), which we start the weekend with on Friday evening.

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  245. Angela Poppleton

    How could I not
    Enter for these,
    Make mine a
    lovely coffee please.

    Keeping it hot
    longer for me,
    whether it’s choccy
    or a cuppa tea.

    These are perfect
    I have to say to you,
    To enjoy, for longer,
    my favourite brew!

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  248. anna

    think I would go for hot chocolate first
    have to say – these look great! first time i have heard of them

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  249. Rhia

    I always have a hot earl grey tea with soya milk in the morning, so I guess it would be that! Although a glass mug? I guess I’d have to see where you can get those pretty flower teas! They always seemed a bit pointless in a ceramic mug!

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  250. terina davidson

    it would be my wake up cup of coffee,the most important drink for me,so it would be wonderful to drink my coffee from such a stylish cup

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  261. Sara B

    I’d make a delicious hot chocolate with the last of the chocolate we bought back from the bruges christmas market.

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  267. Alison Milner

    I’d have a coffee – Hopefully it would stay hot in spite of my two year old twins interference!

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  271. Christopher Powell

    I work outdoors a lot and my tea is always getting cold, winning one of these would help me keep it warm and make me really happy.

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  276. Laura

    Either warm Apple Cider Vinegar with Manuka Honey, or maybe I’d try out the homemade White Hot Chocolate recipe I just found over on Pinterest!

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  292. Tom Parsons

    Anything but hot chocolate looks wrong in a glass mug…

    but hot chocolate looks so good, it sort of makes up for it!!

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  305. julie kenny

    Tea! But I only like my tea hot hot hot – so these would be perfect as I always get distracted having my cuppa and then get a mouth full of cold tea – yuck! x

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  307. Christine Dodd

    Every night I make a proper hot chocolate – real cocoa powder, hot milk(and if v naughty a chocolate to accompany it. These mugs look just the ticket.

    I’m on twitter as @flowerpowerlife

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  317. Emma Hobson

    I think we’d break open the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee that someone bought us for Christmas and which we’ve been saving for a suitably grand occasion. Special mugs for special coffee!

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  319. Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand

    I have to say – mugs that don’t leave ring marks on the table sound pretty nifty to me. All power to you for trying the iced drinks in the middle of winter – my teeth are chattering just thinking about them 🙂

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  320. Lynne OConnor

    It would have to be a cup of tea for my husband. I’ve lost count of the number of mugs of tea that have gone cold and had to be reheated.

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  325. Choclette

    The mugs sounds amazing and I desperately want some now. Tea gets cold so quickly in our house. A nice hot cup of matcha would be the first thing I’d make and I might just let CT have one too 😉

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  326. Sharon Hingley

    I would make my favourite Orange hot chocolate , would keep me toasty warm in this freezing cold weather.

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  327. Jen @ BlueKitchenBakes

    I’d swap my office mug for one of these so my tea would stay hot for longer whilst I’m working

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  328. Jay Scales

    Tea! I’m a complete tea addict, but nearly always end up with a lukewarm cuppa cos I get distracted after I;ve made it & forget to drink it! This would be the perfect mug for me if it can keep it hotter for longer 🙂

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  329. Lucy R

    Mine would be an ice cold lemonade. Even in the freezing cold, I still find myself wanting an ice cold summer drink but my poor fingers just can’t handle it! This would keep me refreshed and still with fingers 😉

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