Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap
All-steel insulated body, but the popular Café Cap sips through a polypropylene spout - a corrective for the common assumption that a Klean Kanteen coffee mug is plastic-free.
The verdict: Minimal plastic contact
The tumbler body is 18/8 stainless steel with a smooth steel drinking lip, so on its own the vessel is plastic-free. The catch is the cap most people buy it with: the leakproof Café Cap is built from stainless steel, polypropylene (#5), and food-grade silicone, and the sip spout your lips meet - and the coffee flows through - is the polypropylene. So with the Café Cap on, hot coffee runs over plastic every sip. It is included here as a corrective: a "Klean Kanteen coffee mug" is widely assumed plastic-free, but the standard coffee cap puts polypropylene squarely in the sip path. Drinking from the bare steel tumbler (or with the splash-only Tumbler Lid) keeps the drink on steel.
What it's made of
| Part | Material | Food contact |
|---|---|---|
| tumbler body 18/8 stainless steel, Klean Coat exterior; smooth steel drinking lip | Stainless Steel 304 / 18-8 | Yes primary 🔥 |
| Café Cap sip spout / body BPA-free polypropylene (#5); the sip spout the coffee flows through and your lips touch | Polypropylene PP, #5 | Yes primary 🔥 |
| Café Cap loop / structure stainless steel loop/handle elements on the cap; specific grade not stated | Stainless Steel grade unspecified | No |
| Café Cap gasket food-grade silicone sealing gasket | Silicone | Yes seal 🔥 |
Klean Kanteen's wide-mouth insulated tumbler paired with the Café Cap, the leakproof lid that turns it into a to-go coffee mug. The steel body and its rounded steel lip are what people want it for; the Café Cap adds a leakproof sip spout on top. Klean Kanteen sells other lids for these bodies, including a splash-only Tumbler Lid you sip over the steel rim with.
Pros
- 18/8 steel body with a steel drinking lip; excellent build quality
- B Corp brand with strong plastic-free bona fides elsewhere in the line
- Café Cap is leakproof and fully disassembles for cleaning
Cons
- A truly steel sip path needs the bare tumbler or a different cap
- Marketed in a way that implies "plastic-free" when the coffee cap is not
Notes
- The splash-only Tumbler Lid is an open-drink lid: you sip over the steel rim, though that lid itself is plastic and not leakproof
Common questions
Does the Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap have plastic in it?
Yes. On the Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap, the Café Cap sip spout / body is plastic and sits in the food path. The rest of what touches your food is stainless steel.
What is the Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap made of?
Part by part, the Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap is: tumbler body — stainless steel; Café Cap sip spout / body — polypropylene; Café Cap loop / structure — stainless steel; Café Cap gasket — silicone.
Does the Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap have silicone in it?
Yes — the Café Cap gasket is silicone on the Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap. It is a seal rather than a surface your food sits against, which is stainless steel.
Where is the Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap made?
The Klean Kanteen TKWide Insulated Tumbler with Café Cap is made in China.
Categories: Travel Mugs & Tumblers
Sources
Every material claim above is backed by these. This is the scattered info we centralized.
- manufacturer https://www.kleankanteen.com/products/tkwide-cafe-cap brand states the Café Cap is made of stainless steel, polypropylene, and food-grade silicone, and is BPA-free
- manufacturer https://www.kleankanteen.com/collections/insulated-tkwide TKWide bodies are food-grade 18/8 stainless steel with a smooth rounded drinking lip and Klean Coat finish
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