Ideus thermal carafes
68 oz of coffee that outlives the meeting it was made for.
Choosing an Ideus carafe
The carafe is the piece that stays put. Sixty-eight ounces is about four mugs of coffee, kept for the table rather than carried, and the stated figures are the longest in the range in both directions.
It is also the piece reviewers disagree about most, and the disagreement is worth reporting rather than smoothing over: some say theirs outlasted the machine that filled it, others report a pouring mechanism that stopped behaving. The pouring head is the part that decides it, and it is the part worth washing properly rather than rinsing.
Several versions come as a set with a second vessel, an airpot, a soup container, a dispenser. On those, the figures describe the carafe alone: the second vessel has its own numbers, and the two are never added into one specification.
| Piece | Lid type | What the maker says | Into a bag? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 oz thermal carafe | pour spout | Not stated the maker gives this lid no leak rating, so carry it upright | No rating. Carry it upright. |
| 68 oz thermal carafe | pour spout | Not stated the maker gives this lid no leak rating, so carry it upright | No rating. Carry it upright. |
| 68 oz thermal carafe with a pour-over dripper | pour spout | Not stated the maker gives this lid no leak rating, so carry it upright | No rating. Carry it upright. |
| 68 oz thermal carafe with a 74 oz airpot dispenser | pour spout | Not stated the maker gives this lid no leak rating, so carry it upright | No rating. Carry it upright. |
| 68 oz thermal carafe with a 20 oz soup container | pour spout | Not stated the maker gives this lid no leak rating, so carry it upright | No rating. Carry it upright. |
| 68 oz thermal carafe with a 1.4 gallon dispenser | pour spout | Not stated the maker gives this lid no leak rating, so carry it upright | No rating. Carry it upright. |