Looking for a Great Carafe?

Have you ever been to a restaurant and noticed a serving piece that you wished you owned and used in your own home?  Last month, while enjoying a delicious breakfast with my family, I saw this carafe:

and asked the waiter if the restaurant sold them or if he knew where I could buy one.  The restaurant did not sell them and he had no idea where they were from.

Enter my handy dandy iPhone.

I read a few key words on the carafe, entered them into Google on my iPhone and in a matter of minutes…voilá! I found the website for these thermal carafes.

Isn’t technology grand?

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UPDATE (11.30.08):

Want something more elegant (as requested in an email to me)?  How about this one?

Or visit the Alfi website for a variety of well designed carafes.