I’m writing this post because I know Chris would never do it. He’s not the self-congratulatory kind of guy. I on the other hand have no such hang ups in highlighting some of the awesome things happening at Chris’s Company, DrinkToque.com
The Drinktoque
In the off chance that you don’t know what a drink toque is, let me explain it. It’s a toque (aka Beenie) for your drink. The origins of wanting to keep your beer cold but hand warm date back to the earliest inhabitants of the Great White North. I’m 83% certain that Captain Vancouver himself had an early form of the Drink Toque to keep his mitts warm on those cold Pacific nights.
They are more than just functional and come in a variety of stylish colours for everyone from the Outdoors man in your life to ..well someone that likes rainbows. Did I mention they make Excellent gifts for the beer lover?
but I digress. Today I want to showcase some of the awesome mentions they’ve got over the last few months.
Design Nod’s
Just yesterday theDrinkToque was mentioned on the CSS Awards blog in a post called Beautiful E-Commerce Trends of 2010
Nowadays everybody knows the importance of the “design factor” during the webdesign creation. Designers and web agencies are doing the best to get this! We are glad to show our selection of the best sites built on Magento, Prestashop or Zencart. Over the last months, we’ve analyzed numerous e-shop designs, observing emerging trends and weighing the merits of numerous design decisions and coding solutions. In this post, we present Beautiful E-Commerce trends for 2010: recent developments, new design elements and new graphic approaches – CSS Awards
Pretty darn cool.
Product Nod’s
The great thing about the international reach that the Drink Toque has is the chance to use Google Translate. This one is in French.
In a post titled J’ai Froid a ma Biere ( or I like my Beer Cold ) this blogger makes some uniquely french comments on the site and the product. (from Google Translate)
I stumbled upon The Drink Toque, A boutique (Canadian I think) a little wacky, which offers a sort of sock bottle …
They say that when it curdles, a can that comes out of the refrigerator is a bit cold, but I wonder how they obtained the idea for this product!:)
Like anything there are still niche markets on the web …In short, graphic level was known products licked a little better (but you can submit your creations !!^^’), utility level uh … how to say … But cons that made me laugh!
Oui Oui!
Top Tens
The Drink Toque Top 10 on Cart Cartel
The Drink Toque is in the Top 10 E-commerce sites on Cart Craze
Congrats Drink Toque!
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