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Qterra Craft ٹریول مگ by Pierre Baston, Raeshon McNeil and Patrick Bailey

Qterra Craft ٹریول مگ by Pierre Baston, Raeshon McNeil and Patrick Bailey is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award کانسی انعام in بیکنگ برتن، دسترخوان، پینے کے برتن اور کھانا پکانے کے برتن ڈیزائن Competition Category.


کانسیباورچی خانے کا سامان· 2022

Qterra Craft ٹریول مگ

by Pierre Baston, Raeshon McNeil and Patrick Bailey

Client: Qterra Travel Brewers

A' Design Award کانسی انعام Winner in باورچی خانے کا سامان Category

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The Design

About Qterra Craft ٹریول مگ

کیوٹیرا کرافٹ ایک ٹریول مگ ہے جو بیرونی کنٹرول کے ذریعے تازہ کافی یا چائے تیار کرتا ہے۔ یہ مگ پسی ہوئی کافی یا چائے کی پتیوں اور گرم پانی کو الگ الگ رکھتا ہے، اور دم کرنے کا عمل ضرورت کے مطابق شروع اور بند ہوتا ہے۔ ایک ٹیلی اسکوپنگ باسکٹ اُس وقت پھیلتی ہے جب بیرونی ڈائل کو گھمایا جاتا ہے، چنانچہ استعمال کے دوران مگ بند ہی رہتا ہے۔ دیواروں میں موجود فیز چینج میٹیریل گرم مشروب کو محفوظ طریقے سے پینے کے لیے 60 ڈگری سیلسیس تک ٹھنڈا کر دیتا ہے۔ ٹھنڈا ہونے کا عمل مکمل ہونے پر ایک زرد حلقہ اپنا رنگ بدل لیتا ہے۔ ذاتی پسند کے مطابق بنانے کے لیے مقناطیسی آرائشی تمغے بنیاد کے ساتھ منسلک کیے جا سکتے ہیں۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award کانسی انعام

Qterra Craft ٹریول مگ A' Design Award کانسی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو ان ممتاز ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا انتہائی باوقار اعتراف ہے جو تخلیقی صلاحیت، چالاکی اور ذہانت سے پہچانے جاتے ہیں۔ کانسی کے فاتحین نہایت ماہرانہ اور حیرت انگیز طور پر تخلیقی نمونے ہیں جو اپنے ڈیزائنرز کے وسیع تجربے، تخیل اور ذہانت کی تصدیق کرتے ہیں۔ Qterra Craft ٹریول مگ سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک نہایت قدر کی جانے والی، سراہی جانے والی اور عزیز شے ہوگا جو قابل ذکر حد تک پیشہ ورانہ اور جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award کانسی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن اور ٹیکنالوجی میں بہترین طریقوں کو شامل کرتا ہے اور تفصیلات پر توجہ میں ممتاز ہے۔ Qterra Craft ٹریول مگ ضروریات کو خوبصورتی سے پورا کرتا، خواہشات کو چھوتا، جذبات کو مسحور کرتا اور تجسس کو اپیل کرتا ہے۔

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Qterra Craft is a travel mug that makes fresh-brewed coffee or tea on the go with just the twist of a dial. The Craft carries ground coffee or tea leaves and hot water separately, starts and stops brewing on demand, and quickly cools hot beverage for safe drinking, all without the user’s ever opening the mug. A bright yellow ring changes color to signal when cooling is done. Interchangeable artistic medallions attach to the bottom and show the user's style every time he lifts his mug to drink.
Dimensions & Packaging
Dimensions: 100mm (widest), 62mm (base) / 230mm. Weight: 0.7kg. Volume: 355ml brewed beverage. No electrical power, cords, or batteries required.
Tags
travel, mug, brew, coffee, tea, infuser, French press, steep
Production Technology
To enable control of brewing time without opening the device and risking spills, Qterra created a telescoping basket with cam-and-follower design. The basket keeps brewing ingredients dry and fresh in transport, but expands 2-1/2 times in volume for brewing in response to the twist of an external dial. A heat-absorbing phase change material (PCM) in the walls quickly cools hot beverage to a safe 60C, and keeps it there for drinking. A thermochromic paint ring changes color to let users know when it's safe to drink, to avoid burned tongues. And magnetic disks of various materials and artistic designs attach to the Qterra's bottom to allow easy personalization to match users' changing moods.
Design Challenge
For richest flavor from tea and coffee, Qterra Craft would have to keep water hot until the user decided to brew. But to avoid a long wait or burned tongue, the Craft would also have to cool hot beverage quickly for drinking once it was brewed. Qterra solved this dual challenge by enabling the user to switch from insulating to cooling his drink just by twisting to lengthen the mug 2.5cm (1 in).
Research
Tackling the dual challenges of Qterra Craft's temperature control required a search for exceptional insulating and cooling materials, computation of ideal tapering angles, thermodynamic modelling, and prototype testing. The team found inspiration in items as diverse as telescopes, 18th-century Japanese teapots and high-end footwear. The result is a stylish design enabling the fresh brewing of hot beverages on the spot, safely and seamlessly, for richest flavor and maximum antioxidants.
Inspiration
Pierre Baston developed a deep appreciation of hot beverages over many trips to Argentina. There, he was struck by the Argentine passion for mate - a hot herbal infusion created by indigenous Guarani people 500 years ago. In Argentina, to drink mate is to brew mate, as it is almost always prepared by the drinker on the spot, just moments before drinking. With Qterra Craft, Pierre brings the freedom of easy, eco-friendly craft brewing on the go to coffee and tea lovers everywhere.
Project Duration
The project, inspired in Argentina, started in the form of initial designs created in Philadelphia in 2017, and launched in November 2021.
Operation Flow
Qterra Craft delivers rich flavor and antioxidants that come only from tea or coffee that is brewed fresh on the spot. The slim unit contains all brewing ingredients and equipment within it, and brews by external control for safe and easy brewing wherever you may be. Users get an unlimited choice of ground coffee or loose leaf tea, precise control of brewing time and agitation, and freedom from coffeehouse prices and lines. With rapid cooling to prevent burned tongues too, a seamless experience.
Team Members
Inventor: Pierre Baston
Industrial Designer: Raeshon McNeil
Lead Engineer: Patrick Bailey

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