Back in the early days of my canning jar obsession, there really weren’t fun accessories for mason jars. We had the regular old two-piece lids, the commercial one-piece lids and those white plastic lids designed for dry goods storage. That was it. There weren’t any reCAPs, leather sleeves and if you had a jar cozy, chances were good that it had been a sock in a previous life.
Things have changed rapidly in the last four+ years. Of all the new doo-dads now available for jars, my favorite is the Cuppow. I wrote about the original wide mouth version when it was released back in January and even then had a feeling that I was going to be a rabid fan of this sturdy plastic disk. And I was right. It has rapidly become a favorite in my travel mug world.
About a week ago, I got an email from the creators of the Cuppow. They wanted to let me know that they’d decided to release another lid, this one designed to fit regular mouth jars. What’s more, the new lid was going to feature something they’re calling “Straw-Tek.” That means they’ve designed the sippy hole in such a way that you can also insert a drinking straw into it without entirely crushing the straw.
In addition to really liking the fact that I can fit a straw into this lid, I’m also pleased with its performance as a drinking lid. They’ve made the opposite vent hole slightly bigger on this lid than on my original wide mouth version, and so it doesn’t have that slight whistle that the first one had. Like the original, it’s also easy to clean, entirely free of BPA and doesn’t have any funky, plastic-y scent.
It will come as no surprise to you that I was giddy when my two-pack of regular mouth lids arrived. I popped one open, gave it a rinse and poured myself a jar of iced tea. It was love at first sip.
Because Cuppow creators Joshua and Aaron know that my readers are just as crazy for all things jar as I am, they’ve given me five sets of Cuppows to give away. As in, each winner gets a regular mouth and a wide mouth Cuppow. Pretty nice of them, don’t you think?
If you want a chance to win, here’s what you do.
- Leave a comment on this post, telling me about your favorite hot weather beverage.
- Comments will close at 11:59 pm east coast time on Wednesday, July 11. Winner will be chosen at random (using random.org) and will be posted to the blog on Thursday, July 12, 2012.
- Giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents.
- One comment per person, please. Entries must be left on the blog, I cannot accept submissions via email.
Disclosure: Cuppow gave me two review units and are also providing the sets for this giveaway. However, my opinions remain, as always, entirely my own.
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Homemade lemonade – preferably with lemons from my dad’s trees.
Nothing like a big ole glass of Sweet Tea in this Texas heat!
Everything tastes better in a Mason jar with a Cuppow lid!
I hate to say it but my fav summer bev is ice water – through a straw of course.
An Arnold Palmer would be great!!!!
My favorite hot-weather drink is absolutely iced coffee. Yum!
I love a jar of iced coffee on a hot day. I use the Toddy cold brew maker with toffee nut coffee and have the cold concentrate ready to go. It’s a great pick me up.
I’m so glad that to hear that the vent hole a bit bigger. I love my wide mouth cuppow but the whistle drove me crazy, until I made it larger. Glad they fixed that on this one.
My dad introduced me to my favorite summer time cooler– iced tea, lemonade, sprite and vodka all over ice. Perfect for relaxing on our hot North Dakota summer days.
once upon a time my local coffee shop used to make an iced peanut butter mocha that was the absolute apex of my coffee-drinking life experience. not even a milkshake could touch it, and that mocha was probably responsible for half the pounds i put on during my first pregnancy. alas, they stopped carrying it right around the time my daughter was born–said the cleanup was too much of a hassle. someday i’ll spring for a vitamin just so i can make them at home.
Besides a nice cold beer! lol I love blueberry hibiscus sun tea and we’ve been drinking a lot of my canned strawberry lemonade concentrate, which is always pretty in a glass jar!!
I love sweet iced tea!
My current favorite summer beverage is cold brewed iced coffee!! Mixed with almond milk
I love me some good Iced Tea!
My favorite hot weather beverage is plain old water, but I won’t say no to a glass of lemonade or sweet sweet tea either.
Have to say my favorite hot weather drink is LOL a majito and one without Rum as well … refreshing …
Sun tea with some fresh lemon balm or mint! Of course, if it is after hours a homemade shandy is the beverage of choice!
Well, I’m going to have to go with a beer-specifically an IPA from one of the many award winning breweries here in Bend, OR!
Favorite hot weather beverage? Iced tea – unsweetened and proud of it!
I will have to pick up some of those! Soon as I can find em, that is.
I love a refreshing iced chai latte– it’s been over 100 degrees in the Midwest this week, and I’m into the final days of my first pregnancy….so I’ve been indulging most days!
Arnold Palmer (what they call it back home)/half&half (where I live now), a shandy… basically, any beverage good on its own and mixed with lemon makes it SUPER good.
My favorite summer beverage is strawberry lemonade.
I love cucumber and lime water. It is basically free and I can use up lime and cucumber pieces left over from cooking or making salads. These lids sounds great!
I was hoping they’d come out with a narrow-mouth version! Today’s favorite hot-weather beverage: iced coffee! Thanks!
As a kid, we used to drink Ribena, which is concentrated black currant juice. We’d dilute it with water and add some lemon and honey. As I grew older, we’d dilute it with club soda for a sparkling drink! This year I have my own black currant bush and I want to try and make my own concentrated juice and bottle it up!
I’ve been curious about these lids for a while now — would love to win a set!
My favorite hot-weather drink these days is something my boyfriend christened the Refresh-o-matic: about a third unsweetened grapefruit juice, the rest of the glass filled with seltzer.
My favorite hot weather beverage is a frozen margarita. Bet it would look good in a Mason jar! I ordered a Cuppow lid the day you mentioned receiving one in the mail, but I could always use more!
I love a slightly sweetened peach iced tea on the hottest days of summer.
Love it! Fresh lemonade for me!
Iced tea. Nothing beats the heat like a big tall glass of iced tea!
We call it “grandma” tea, it’s a delicious mint type herbal tea (i think it might be balsam). Grandma always had some of this tea drying on newspaper in a sunny room. My plant came from a clipping that I got from my mom, who got a clipping from her sister, who got a clipping from their mother. On hot days, I like it brewed strong and icy cold.
If we’re talking alcoholic beverages, then I have to say my favorite is a ginger-lime-vodka shaken cocktail. Non-alcoholic? Then it’s gotta be a tall jar of cold-brewed iced coffee.
My favorite hot weather beverage is an ICE COLD BEER
Bud Light will do! If I had to pick something non-alcoholic, I’d go with plain ol’ ice water.
Ooh, me, me!
I am a big lemonade-er, but I also recently discovered the wonders of cantaloupe agua fresca – just blogged about the recipe, actually.
These look fantastic. My son and I are like you. We have a glass of tea with us no matter what room we are in and 9 times out of 10 before we finish it either one of us or one of the cats knock it over. Whomever thought of this was a genius.
You have such wonderful information not only on canning but also products.
My favorite hot-weather drink is iced tea, preferably fresh brewed with flowers or herbs in addition to green or black tea. And no artificial sweeteners. Yuck.
I go through an awful lot of decaf iced tea this time of year!
strawberry lemonaid!!! (from concentrate that I made myself w/berries I picked at the local orchard)
I love this idea! My current favourite is Crystal Light type drinks – I’m looking for more flavourful, less chemical sugar free drinks though!
Southern Style Sweet Tea for sure!!
My favorite hot weather beverage of choice has to be Sweet Tea.One of my son-in-laws calls it “crack” tea, because it’s sooo addictive !!
Fresh brewed sweet tea.
Chocolate Malt Shake.
My new favorite summer drink is spearmint/pineapple iced tea. Delish!
Classic lemonade.
Homemade gatorade
My favourite beverage to beat the heat is watermelon juice with mint.
Here’s the five-minute recipe: Peel and seed enough watermelon to fill a blender, puree the heck out of it, add some chopped mint to taste, and enjoy! Super simple and oh-so-summery. You can even change up the taste by altering the choice of mint: chocolate mint, pineapple mint, ginger mint, or any other of the array of varieties now available at the greenhouse.
I’ve prepared this for wedding and baby showers, presented in one of those large clear-glass servers with a spout at the bottom. It’s very pretty-in-pink, and if you leave it to sit for a while, the pulp floats to the top so you can pour off the juice by itself. Depending on who’s at the shower, I’ve been known to add a little clear rum and a fancy paper umbrella, on occasion.
I’ve been making agua frescas, a cucumber lime drink and a hibiscus ginger one. I’d love to have a small mouth Cuppow to go with the wide mouth ones I already own. The straw friendly opening is genius.
Sweet tea!
I almost always have sun tea of some kind brewing in the back yard. I especially love all the wonderful herbal teas available and they all make great sun tea! I brew the stevia (which I grow myself) in the jar so it is sweet as soon as it is brewed.
Lemonaide from my backyard tree. Usually jazzed up with mint and/or fresh ginger.