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Americans buy and consume a gargantuanquantity of coffee every day (about400 million cups a day, largely from thousands of cafes across the nation, each selling more than 500 cups whenever the sun rises). So you would think we all have a more complete understanding of your standard disposable coffee cover. But as we have recently discovered, this lid for both iced and hot coffee is designed to be used a second way you have probably never tried.Using this little tour, your coffee cup lid can also be a coaster.

Yes, it's true. Tries. The next time you buy a big latte of Starbucks or aiced coffee Dunkin, simply remove the lid and dry from the underside. Then place the lid on a flat surface. For a hot drink, the side of the lid that touches your lips must be on the top, with the side that usually touches your beverage at the bottom. For an ice drink, the side you first use your straw should be against the table, so that the side that touches your drink is turned up.

Then place your cup in the center of the coaster lid. On acold cupThis little trick is even cooler. The grooves in cold cup lids that make them easy to stack it will cling to the bottom of your cup, which means that your mountain will come with you when you take your drink. (Engineering, right?!)

And yes, it also works with a hot coffee:

And remember: you will never have to waste an evening of re-stick again your friend again. Think that the coaster tower is cool? The75 Extraordinary Benefits of Coffee could just convince you to do another Starbucks race.