YUYU

I hate to see the winter approaching, bring with it the cold short days and Jack Frost. Keeping warm is not only a chore but expensive as of late with the costs of heating a house rising every winter.

This is exactly how YUYU came to be. An absolute genius, (in my opinion!), Richard Yu was having difficulty keeping warm. He was at home in South London feeling the cold and he had a hot water bottle along with the heating on. However, he kept moving the hot water bottle from his knees to his feet and back to his shoulders and, as always, necessity breeds invention – the YUYU idea came to him. He thought, ‘Why don’t they make these things a bit longer?’

Over the next 2 years, Richard got to work designing the worlds’ first and only luxury long hot water bottle. The rubber was sourced from Sri Lanka, and the specific design process began. Richard wanted to ensure the bottle could be filled from one kettle full of water and that it would stay hot for as long as possible.

The YUYU has been designed to be the optimal length and width so we can warm more of our bodies. The flexible shape lets me wrap mine over my shoulders or around my back and its fantastic for easing muscular aches and pains. Air bubbles on the bottle actually ‘pocket’ the heat to give greater warmth to the body.

The next stage was to ‘dress’ the YUYU. The luxury of the YUYU really comes to the fore in the cover. The choice offered varies from cotton, to the finest grade A Mongolian cashmere with mother of pearl buttons. A limited edition ‘Christmas Glitz’ cover is also available in each colour with a delicate silver or gold Lurex® thread intertwined making this the perfect Christmas gift with added sparkle.

Words cannot descried the YUYU to the full extent of its luxury, have a look at the images! I have the Heathland cashmere cover and it is the softest wool ever, pure exuberant luxury and everyone in my family wants one!

As you can probably guess, the YUYU was launched in the winter of 2012 at Harrods London, the perfect shop front for such an item.

Beautifully boxed and perfectly packed in tissue paper, treat your special someone to the ‘hottest best friend in town’ (YUYU) this winter.

Available from Harrods and purchases can also be made online at:

www.YUYUbottle.com

Classic and Cable knit designs are available priced from £69 to £179.