A no messing around guide to the coolest things to eat, drink and do in Vancouver and beyond. Community. Not clickbait.

Cool Things We Want

We Want This Awesome Coffee-Making Alarm Clock

Portrait

We’re a pretty satisfied bunch, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t covetous. Sometimes we see things out there that we just must have. Cool Things We Want is an archive of those earthly desires.

Made by London-based designer Joshua Renouf and selling for $445 (USD), all you need to do for prep is add coffee grounds (or tea leaves) to the sleekly stylish Barisieur and set the alarm. When it goes off, it will boil the water and start making you coffee. A long-running dream realized. Available in white or black.

    There are 2 comments

    1. I’m all for spending too much on things I don’t need, but can’t you just put a $30 drip coffee maker beside your bed? I’m pretty sure they’ve had timers on them since the 70’s.

    2. Good point but would you want to *look* at a walmart coffee maker beside your bed?

    Cool Things We Want

    See more from Cool Things We Want
    Cool Things We Want West Side

    UBC Farm’s Spring Workshops Make a Strong Case for Getting Your Hands Dirty

    A full run of practical, well-built sessions that move from soil to kitchen, giving you a reason to start something new.
    Cool Things We Want

    2026 CSA Guide: The Best Produce Box Programs in Vancouver. Score Before It’s Too Late!

    Looking for a CSA in Metro Vancouver? Our 2026 guide breaks down the best produce box and farm share programs, with pricing, pickup details, and honest recommendations.
    Cool Things We Want

    We Want to Jetset to Montreal for the Menu Extra & Dan Climan Pop-Up This July

    This summer the Montreal artist, who sports cred as an Emily Carr School of Art + Design graduate, is growing his food-art relationship with a series of lux, collab pop-up we can only dream of attending. Time to buy a lottery ticket!
    Cool Things We Want

    We Want to Quench Our Thirst for Spring with KPU’s New 桂 Reverie Beer

    Our appetite for tasty and creative craft beer is bottomless. So the moment news of what students enrolled in the Diploma in Brewing and Brewery OperationsKwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) have been brewing up lately landed in our inbox, we got awfully thirsty...

    The Scout Community

    Become a member