Mmmm... Self Heating Coffee...

Now, I am NOT one to drink coffee. I like the smell, but the taste and the idea of pouring scalding water down my throat has never had much appeal to me. But after the weather this week, some hot coffee sounds good, if only to thaw my hands after even a brief excursion outside. But Wolfgang Puck is about to go us all one better with a single serving self-heating cup of coffee!

Beginning Jan. 2, consumers can buy a 10-ounce container of Wolfgang Puck gourmet latte at the store and heat it by pressing a button. No electricity. No batteries. No appliances....How does the can do it? A single step mixes calcium oxide (quicklime) and water. It heats the coffee to 145 degrees in six minutes — and stays hot for 30 minutes.

Of course, with all of the caffeine addicts out there, this might be more like a self-heating crack pipe than anything else. [Ducks all of the Starbucks empties tossed my way.]