Beverage temperature regulating apparatus and method of rapidly cooling a beverage using same

A temperature-regulating apparatus configured to cool a beverage to a desired temperature comprising:

• a container comprising:
• a rectangular shaped interior for receiving said beverage;
• an inner portion having an outer shell and an interior wall portion that forms a cavity having a temperature-regulating material therein,
• wherein the inner portion forms the interior for receiving said beverage and wherein said interior wall portion includes a pair of opposing planar interior wall portions to form said interior of container having an aspect ratio of an interior length to an interior width of 3 or more;
• wherein the pair of opposing planar interior wall portions have a gap distance therebetween of between 0.25 inch to 2.0 inch,
• wherein said inner portion is a monolithic inner portion and wherein the well is a contiguous well for receiving said beverage;
• wherein said gap distance between the pair of opposing planar interior wall portions is configured to cool the beverage, wherein the inner shell is a thermally conductive material configured to facilitate a heat transfer process from the beverage to the temperature regulating material;
• and
• wherein the temperature regulating material is phase change material,
• wherein the temperature-regulating material forms at least 50% of a cross sectional surface area of the temperature-regulating apparatus,
• whereby the temperature-regulating apparatus is configured to cool the beverage within the interior from an initial temperature of 75° F. to less than 40° F. in no more than 5 minutes.