Not to gross you out, but exactly a week ago, I had a tooth extraction. My surgeon told me to strictly consume cold foods, which meant everything, even my go-to cups of coffee and tea, had to be either chilled or at room temperature. I brew my coffee using a French press, and my tea gets made the traditional way on a stovetop. So the only way to really cool the drinks down was to use ice cubes – while it got the job done, the ice also significantly diluted my drinks, taking away most of their flavor. The IceQuick Neo promises to provide a great workaround.
Designed to be an instant-cooling tumbler that takes your coffee from warm to iced, or your beer from insipid to chilled, the IceQuick Neo comes with a unique hollow design that has liquid gel on the inside. Similar to the gel found in the cooling packs used for food packaging and even for cold-compresses, this gel sits enclosed within the tumbler’s dual-wall design. Place it in the freezer and it chills down to frigid temperatures, turning your tumbler into the ultimate cooling vessel. Pour any drink in, and the tumbler actually chills your beverage down – without ice, without dilution, and in just 2 minutes.
Designer: Espresso Tokyo
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Most dual-wall tumblers are designed to be insulators – they keep hot things hot and cold things cold – the IceQube Neo is different. The gel on the inside does the work of ice, evenly and rapidly chilling any beverage you put in it. From coffee and tea to water, beer, wine, juice, milkshakes, the works.
The secret to the IceQube’s functionality is two-fold. Firstly, it has a cross-section unlike most tumblers. The IceQube Neo comes with an inner core, increasing the surface area of the cooling action. In layman’s terms, a larger cooling surface means faster, more uniform cooling. The makers behind the tumbler claim the IceQube Neo can cool any beverage down to a sweet 7°C (45°F) in just 2 minutes, and 4°C (39°F) in 3 minutes. That’s a whole lot better than filling your entire glass with ice cubes and diluting your beverage, or using only 2-3 ice cubes and waiting patiently for your drink to cool down (sort of like I foolishly did for a good week).
The second secret lies in the liquid gel that sits between the outer and inner walls of the tumbler. Designed to cool down rapidly, and stay cool for a significant amount of time, this gel is what makes the IceQube Neo so ruthlessly effective. The gel doesn’t freeze even at 0°F (-17°C), and stays liquid so it can effectively absorb heat (which happens at maximum capacity when the gel is in its fluid state). This allows the IceQube Neo to cool drinks down so quickly, without breaking a sweat.
The tumbler itself is designed to perfection too. It comes with a silicone sleeve so your hands don’t touch the freezing metal exterior, and it stands at 7 inches tall and 4.3 inches wide at the mouth. The base, however, is a tad bit wide for traditional cup holders, which, if you ask me, is perhaps the only flaw in the tumbler’s design. It’s tall enough to easily fit in your freezer, where you can store it just around half an hour (or maybe a little more) before you pour any beverage into it.
The tumbler holds about 12oz, or a Starbucks ‘tall’, and is designed to be as easy to clean as it is during use. While you can easily rinse it under running tapwater, the IceQube Neo is dishwasher friendly too (top rack only). It comes made with food-grade materials, and even the silicone sleeve is BPA-free.
Each IceQube Neo is available in 2 colors – a gorgeous Navy Blue, and a classic Gray – and ships with a clear, leak-proof lid. Prices start at just $44, with shipping as early as June 2025. Along with your IceQube Neo, maker Espresso Tokyo is also selling a Magma Dripper pour-over lid that fits on top of your tumbler, allowing you to brew (and instantly chill) fresh coffee right in your tumbler, so you can enjoy the iced coffee experience with all its intensity and without the dilution!
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