CherryTree Introduces Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-Inspired "IYKYK" Raktajino Mug
https://blog.trekcore.com/2025/03/cherrytree-star-trek-deep-space-nine-raktajino-mug/
https://blog.trekcore.com/2025/03/cherrytree-star-trek-deep-space-nine-raktajino-mug/
24 Comments
SatyrSack@feddit.org · 11 pts · 1y
Is this shape not rather impractical? It may be more difficult to accidentally knock over, but you would also need to tip it back to a somewhat extreme angle in order to get everything out of it.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 19 pts · 1y
I think the design was originally intended for use on boats, and other places where tipping is a likely occurrence.
darkpanda@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I think it’s for any motor vehicle where tipping is likely. See this page with all sorts of pictures and examples, including old packaging.
https://sprudge.com/no-spill-mug-feltman-langer-160969.html
Corgana@startrek.website · 13 pts · 1y
It's very practical if you're somewhere without inertial dampeners.
bishbosh@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Does earth have inertial dampeners??
Corgana@startrek.website · 3 pts · 1y
T156@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Does the gravity field/planet mass count? It'd take a huge movement for us to notice any shift in Earth's inertia.
stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 1y
Is the wider section actually hollow? I was imagining they might just have a normal round shape inside due to it being more difficult to mold.
ackbar@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
No way am I able to clean that without a bottle brush. I'll sick to a standard mug.
T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
This seems like the kind of thing you'd need either a dishwasher, or one of those cafe rinsers that spray water up into the thing to clean.
You'd never be able to get your hand into the corners.
ackbar@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
That is my biggest concern with drinkware like this. What if I forgot to clean it right away. If it got crusty, I would never get it clean.
mercano@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
DS9 had at least two different kinds of flared mugs: the HotJo, which is still sold for $30, and the Feltman Langer, which is no longer sold, but this CherryTree is recreating.
distantsounds@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I would not be able to properly control the flow rate of hot beverage directed at face with that design. Still love that look
lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Finally! Been looking for these for a long time that weren't stupidly overpriced!
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
They're 30 bucks...
stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
It's still a lot of money for a mug, but compared to the $150-$300 they're selling for on eBay it's a great deal!
veeesix@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
The jingle is a nice add-on, though a white-coloured print may have been clearer.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 5 pts · 1y
It's interesting that they didn't bother replicating (heh) the rubber base of the originals. Too many added costs, I suppose.
veeesix@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
You’re probably right that the math didn’t add up for them.
Might be worth getting a pad replacement for the original cup and slapping that on yourself.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 2 pts · 1y
I wonder if those would fit - the article says that these "replimat-style" mugs are smaller than the Highwave "Quark's" mugs, but I suppose they could have the same base.
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Don't get me wrong, they get points for the Coolness Factor, but am I the only one who thinks this is genuinely a terrible design for a mug? Like, I have a hard enough time getting the coffee rings out of my cylindrical mugs, I don't even want to imagine the finger cramps I'd get trying to clean this one (or worse, the mold that would certainly grow if I didn't deep clean it every time)
stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Very tempting! All the other ones I've seen are quite expensive.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I need this.
_core@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Neat, a mug that looks like a bullhorn