Before the first millennium, ice was harvested in ancient China for the purpose of keeping drinks cold. The Greeks and Romans built large, insulated storage pits and filled them with the last of the winter’s snow in an attempt to enjoy a refreshingly cool drink for as long as possible. If you lived in a warmer climate you could act like an Egyptian and carry your drink containers to the roof at the end of the day to have them cooled by the night air. By the 1600’s Frenchmen were cooling their drinks by rotating long-necked bottles in a solution of saltpeter and water which could actually produce very low temperatures and even make ice!

In early America, known for its sweltering summers, Thoreau’s Walden Pond was yielding 1,000 lbs. of ice per day to local ice merchants, all to keep things cool! When traveling, early pioneers often put drinks in their wet socks and hung them in trees in an effort to keep them cool. The first practical refrigerating machine was built by Jacob Perkins in 1834. Now we could cool drinks down but we couldn’t keep them that way. The koozie, invented in 1980, attempts to keep drinks cool with insulation to slow down natural warming. While the koozie has evolved in both material and style, it isn’t until now that Mankind as successfully combined refrigeration with a drink holder: The Eskimo Cup!

The Eskimo Cup is the first drink holder that’s also a drink cooler. It replaces nearly any existing standard 4-inch (102mm) cup holder and holds up to a 20-ounce (591 ml) drink bottle or can. Its polished, marine quality 316 stainless steel trim rings tops off a thermoelectric cylinder built for the tough marine environment. Powered by the house battery, the interior of the cylinder is accented by 2 blue LED lights. The Eskimo Cup is easy to install and elegant to use.

Nautical Ventures is your South Florida connection for the Eskimo Cup. We’re helping Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood and Palm Beach boaters make warm drinks onboard their boat a thing of the past. Make your last sip colder than the first, with Eskimo Cup.