Hot Nescafe in a can ?! - Page 2

Richard B · 30 July 2002, 00:01

What a fantastic product demonstration!

Thanks for taking the effort - I reckon that the last few shelf-fulls of this will now be shifted to RIBers stocking up for their autumn cruises.

Have you considered replying to the Email from Nestle with a URL to this thread? It might just get them thinking about how to market the product.

Cheers,
Richard.

Scubakid · 02 August 2002, 15:52

Having just been up to the north west then the midlands and back south I can confirm that lost of the services have these cans

John

Chris Thorpe · 05 August 2002, 19:23

Some inside info. on the product as I work for the company that manufactures and assembles the can. Its an excellent product, but be aware that the increase in temperature is fixed, so it'll be dissapointing if you've left it outside on a cold day. Try to keep it at a reasonable temperature before you activate it then you'll get a good hot beverage.

Pete7 · 05 August 2002, 22:34

Okay I have one hotcan left on my rib, (found it in the bottom of a locker) might auction it if there is a real shortage.

jools · 05 August 2002, 23:54

So then Chris....

With you insider information, are Nescafe still making the cans? or do we need to stock up whilst the moto services still have shelves full of them?

Jools

Chris Thorpe · 10 August 2002, 17:17

What they said is as I understand it. The marketing was extended to the "Central" TV region which is a big area but when you're the size of Nestle ! The fact that people were able to get them outside the region shows how popular they were with the retailers. However that caused them a problem because you can't analyse the data very well if people are wandering off and selling them outside the test region.

I'm hopeful they'll be back. The potential is great (Hot Chocolate, Lemsip etc.) but for the moment you need to stock up.

wavelength · 09 November 2002, 23:23

3 weeks or so back on a really raw cold day we cracked open a couple of cans of heat in the can coffee. To say it was lukewarm would be an exagerration!! At that temperature it aint nice at all!
We had the flasks out with us but it was a big course and we thought that these would provide a bit more in the way of a warm drink-Wrong!
Letter of complaint to Nescafe - below is the relevant part of reply. The motto is Hot when you want - as long as its not a cold day! Funny that, I like a cold drink on a warm day and a hot one iin winter. So don't throw the flasks way

“Thank you for your recent letter concerning Nescafe Hot When You Want.
……………………..The can is designed to heat up the contents to around 40 degrees c higher than the initial remperature of the can however, this may vary by a few degrees either way. For instance, if the can is activated at average room temperature of around 20 degrees C the contents of the can will heat up until it reaches 60 degrees C. If the can starts at a hotter temperature – for example if left out in the sun – the coffee will reach a higher temperature.
Although the can and the coffee may feel hot, it will be no hotter than a coffee from a vending machine (typically around 75-80 degrees C). For best results the can should be stored indoors at room temperature. If the can is stored in a refrigerator or any other relatively cold environment (i.e. around 4 degrees C) the can will heat up only to 44 degrees C. for this reason we do not recommend that the product should be refrigerated.”
Thinking back the RiB was like a fridge that day! Lot nicer on today's course -an absolute overcoat warmer, flat calm sea, bit of sunshine

(Simons just wandered back in-been on L/B launch to a person in the water - it turned out to be a dog scared by fireworks and swimming around half a mile or so off-but very grateful!!)

- no you can't keep it!!!!)

Scotty · 10 November 2002, 11:16

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Originally posted by GraemeCooper
A good stainless steel unbreakable flask serves the same purpose as far as I can see - and the coffee is of your own choice.

Graeme,
My point as well. This is all just marketing and consumerism. If you know you are heading down to the rib then get the flask and make your own coffee...and it wont cost £1.35 a cup. Jeez now I sound like my dad.

thewavehumper · 11 November 2002, 12:56

Quote:

Originally posted by wavelength
[(Simons just wandered back in-been on L/B launch to a person in the water - it turned out to be a dog scared by fireworks and swimming around half a mile or so off-but very grateful!!)

- no you can't keep it!!!!) [/B]

I guess the weather was quit ruff do you think the dog might have come from a shiprex somewhere

narked · 11 November 2002, 14:39

Quote:

Originally posted by THEWAVEHUMPER

I guess the weather was quit ruff do you think the dog might have come from a shiprex somewhere

You old folk these days...

Matt

DM · 11 November 2002, 14:45

Quote:

Originally posted by THE LEGHUMPER

I guess the weather was quit ruff do you think the dog might have come from a shiprex somewhere

No, he fell out of an Avon Rover inflatable. Now go and have a lie down but keep off the furniture!

John Kennett · 11 November 2002, 15:02

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Originally posted by wavelength
To say it was lukewarm would be an exagerration!! At that temperature it aint nice at all!

Dave, scroll up a few messages, and you'll see that this is almost exactly what Chris Thorpe told us back in August.

Hear it first on RIBnet . . .

John

Brian · 11 November 2002, 15:48

Just a thought.......
but if the can heats up to 40 over "ambient" temperature, does this mean that if we can heat the outside (and possibly the contents as well) to a higher temperature than it naturally is, then activate the chemicals, will it then heat hotter.........if you see what I mean?
For example, if one were to place some cans next to a hot engine for a few minutes, then activate the chemicals, would this help?

Julian · 11 November 2002, 16:18

Buy a Stainless flask from compass for £9.99 with 2 free cups. They are unbreakable and keep your coffe hot for over 24 hours. Much cheaper than Nescafe useless drinks.

Julian

narked · 11 November 2002, 16:26

Plus with a flask you can make the coffee exactly how you like it, not how Nescafe think you like it!

Matt

Charles · 11 November 2002, 17:24

I saw one of these in the cabin of Spirit of Cardiff - way to go Alan

Manos · 11 November 2002, 21:13

ICE COFFEE with milk and suggar. in the SUMMER

If not Try it!!

1/2 spoon/s of nescafe original (ONLY!!), 1 spoon of suggar, shake it well in a shaker with a little bit of cold water until it froths, add more cold water to fill glass, add evaporated milk (NOT ORDINARY MILK) to change colour, add ice, add straw

DRINK IT

PS Without milk same follow the same instructions as above and add a blob of vanilla ice cream or kalhua or baylis

Alan · 12 November 2002, 09:47

Is it true then that your new rib is going to be called "STARBUCKS!"

Manos · 12 November 2002, 10:13

will call it 'GIN PALACE'

LOLOL

dgpw · 14 November 2002, 11:53

Flask of coffee is the best idear as they are very chep. It can't hurt to keep a few cans in the boat though. They do get hot if the are alowed to heat up out of the wind. In the seat ect. At 2 am a hot drink is nice and to be honest how good the coffee is on a rib in the midle of the night does not bother me. It just has to be hot. Nice to have the emmergency cans in the boat.