Cup sleeve
A cup sleeve is used to insulate a hot or cold drink. For hot drinks like coffee served in a thin cardboard cup, this is necessary to prevent burns to the hand of the person drinking from the cup. Similar holders are used for cold beverage served in cans, although coldness is less of a problem; here it kepps the hand from getting wet from the condensation of water vapor on the can.
In Australian slang, it is called a "stubby holder".
A stubby holder is a cup shaped object constructed of thermally insulative porous polymer based foam, often with a layer of dye on the outer edge depicting an image. The holder is designed to fit snugly around a beer bottle, and prevents two things:
- The holders hand from getting cold from the beer, and wet from the condensation
- The beer warming up due to the heat transfer from the users hand that would otherwise occur in the absence of aforementioned holder.
This stubby holder belongs to a member of the Australian Army. In Australia, members of the army consume at least 30% of the countries annual beer supply, and the possesion of a green stubby holder is seen as a status symbol.
