Many years ago, I fantasized about opening a coffee shop in which, for an extra $1, we’d sell to-go iced drinks in mason jars with holes punched in the lid for the straw. Basically, I was only in it for the jar accessories.
Happily, there have been a number of different companies that have popped up in the last few years that have started offering all manner of mason jar toppers, drink adaptors, lids, and sleeves.
And now, there’s a shop that pulls all the different lids, sleeves, straws, and converters into a single place. Called The Pint and a Half, it’s a site devoted to celebrating the jar a drink vessel and I am delighted to welcome them to the jar blog scene (if there is such a thing).
One of the products they offer that I’ve not seen elsewhere is the neoprene jar sleeve. Available to fit either a 24 ounce pint & half jar (that’s the Koverz) or a 12 ounce jelly jar (known as the Kidzikoo), it allows you to pack a chilled drink without having it sweat all over your hand, cup holder, or desk. They have them in a bunch of different colors, but I’m more than a little taken by the zebra stripe version (I’ve always had a thing for animal prints).
And if the full coverage sleeve isn’t your thing, there are also these nifty silicone Eco Sleeves. They’ll give you a good grip without covering the entirety of your jar.
They also offer a nice selection of straws, cleaning brushes, and long-handled spoons (all the better for eating your morning yogurt parfait out of a pint jar). I’ve tried a number of reusable straws over the years and I really like the Glass Dharma Straws (I have some that I bought several years ago). They are nearly unbreakable (I dropped one behind my washing machine a while back and it survived unscathed) and don’t impact the flavor of your drink at all.
Now, time for the giveaway! April from The Pint and a Half is offering Food in Jars readers a chance to win a $50 store credit plus $8.50 to cover shipping (that’s enough shipping credit to cover one jar and several accessories) in her online shop. What’s more, for those of you who can’t wait to buy your jar goodies, she also sent me a coupon code to share. Use the code FOODINJARS10 at check-out for 10% off your purchase. The code is good until June 30.
Here’s how to enter.
- Leave a comment on this post and tell me what you’re drinking this summer. Are you exploring shrubs? Or are you dedicated to iced tea? Or do you have a signature cocktail for 2014? Let me know!
- Comments will close at 11:59 pm on Saturday, June 21, 2014. Winners will be chosen at random and will be posted to the blog on Sunday, June 22, 2014
- Giveaway open to United States residents only.
- One comment per person, please. Entries must be left via the comment form on the blog at the bottom of this post.
Disclosure: The Pint and a Half gave me the jars and adaptors you see pictured above and are also providing the giveaway prize at no cost to me. However, all opinions expressed remain entirely my own.
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Love sweet ice tea! Must be a southern thing…lol.
Water, coffee, and iced tea.
Love ice tea..in a mason jar of course!
Iced coffee
I’ll be drinking smoothies, water, and mango margaritas!
I’m pregnant so decaf iced tea with lots of lemon has been my go to drink here in the deep south!
Lots of water!
I always drink from my wide mouth mason jars, my morning coffee and cold drinks during the day. I have even fashioned spouts for pouring from milk cartons. There are so many fantastic items she is offering.
Sweet chai iced tea, water with lime, strawberry lemonade, and coke.
water, iced tea and iced coffee.
Fresh squeezed lemonade is my favorite summer drink! 🙂
For solstice, we were drinking margaritats. Other summer drinks will include sangria, iced teas, and smootthies.
This summer I plan to play with different drinks individually mixed in mason jars!
I love to use my mason jars all throughout the day for drinking fresh pressed juices, banana milk, iced teas and infused waters.
Water and cold brewed coffee!
Ice cold water, tea, ice coffee and going to try my hand at making a rhubarb shrub. I love those cozies. I had made my own lids already but the condensation is annoying. Super neat site.
This summer I’m all about the ice teas!
Lemon water, teas, kombucha, smoothies…
I am drinking fruit infused water for the most part. I am starting to work on me and these will make drinking more water so much fun and none of the sweats..lol. Best of luck to all.
Husbands homemade lemonade with a little Lemmon verbena, refreshing…
I am an iced tea drinker all the way, but this year I’ve been chugging more lemonade. Anything to keep cool in the Texas heat!
I just moved from Pennsylvania To Arizona, so I’m sticking to lots of lemonade, iced tea, and smoothies to keep myself cool. 🙂
I have been drinking herb and fruit infused water. Peppermint, spearmint, strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, lemon, lime, watermelon and different combinations of them
Lemonade w/ frozen fruit, bibicaffe, and cocktails.
Lots of kombucha and iced tea. 🙂
Alas, it’s usually water for me. I abandon tea in the summer and I gave up soda pop years ago, so I’ll have to try to find something more exciting for the hot weather.
love peach sangria!
I think I could get away with booze at the playground with one of these.
Water chilled in the fridge-much more refreshing than straight from the tap.
I am loving strawberry lemonade right now!
Drinking lots of non alcoholic mojitos and summer tea.
Mostly water, but my signature cocktail is a Dark & Stormy.
Mainly water, water, water, but a craft beer cocktail is always a fun concoction in the summer! Summer beer, craft vodka, fresh lemonade with some mint or basil! Refreshing!
I am living in Australia right now and citrus is in season. This means it is time for yummy water kefir and fresh squeezed, just picked from the trees out, back orange juice.
Great products. Would make my morning yogurt and granola even better! Plus, straw cleaners!
I am doing Simple Green Smoothies this summer. Thanks for the Giveaway. Their stuff looks great.
I’m drinking strawberry lemonade from home canned concentrate and thinking of trying a rhubarb pink lemonade 🙂
Adult additives to suit the occasion may also be in order 😉
Whoops ….silly FB. Didn’t mean to post twice it just said something went wrong and didn’t show the first post until the second went through…sorry!
I’m drinking strawberry lemonade from home canned concentrate, and thinking of trying a rhubarb pink lemonade recipe….the homemade Kahlua you shared years ago is another staple I can’t do without!
I’m drinking strawberry lemonade this week – though iced tea with mint runs a close second!
I’m drinking iced coffee and kefir smoothies in my pint and a half jars!
I’m drinking ice tea, mango margaritas, gin and tonics, and aperol spritzes! Summer time drinks are the best!
Kombucha! I love the sleeves.
I’ve gotten obsessed with cold brew iced coffee this summer, as well as this awesome pineapple-rum cocktail my fiance has started making. 🙂