Your favourite mug for tea or coffee

[Rose65]

At home I will drink tea only from my favourite mugs which are bone china, Royal Albert or glass - I have a selection according to mood. It just tastes all wrong if in anything else. If I must have a hot drink when out or at a friend's house, I like white mugs for tea, I hate black or dark ones.
My husband strictly only has hot drinks from 'Duralex' mugs, those dark glass ones. He has a set of six.

I do find tea tastes best overall in glass mugs, it must be because glass doesn't take on flavours. So what you drink is never spoilt but is pure. Yet bone china is hard to beat.

For water I have my favourite nice cut glass. I drink lots of water with just a little low sugar ribena to flavour it, to stay hydrated.

 

[Lee]

I do have bone china teacups but it's been years since I used them, can't throw them in the dishwasher. So I use everyday mugs for both coffee and tea. Black and white floral pattern to match my kitchen.

 

[timoc]

Here's your cup of tea, Tim.

 

[Raven]

I have several bone china cups and saucers in my display cabinet and never use them,
but just can't throw them out.
This is one of the mugs I use most of the time.

 

[Pappy]

Bought a pair of these from Amazon a year ago. They keep coffee warm for hours.

 

[hollydolly]

I totally agree. Bone china is the best for drinking tea.. it somehow makes the tea taste even more delicious. I have some, but the problem with Bone china is the tea gets cold almost instantly.. so now I drink out of regular mugs..

I have a set of these..

 

[Raven]

Holly, those are pretty mugs, I like all the colours.

 

[Gaer]

Is there something wrong with me? (please don't answer that!)
Don't have a favorite cup. Don't drink coffee or tea!
I remember being admonished as a teenager for not drinking coffee!
"You're NORWEGIAN and you still don't drink coffee?"

 

[Bella]

I can't remember the last time I used my fine china. For every day, I use my vintage Hall pedestal mugs.

 

[IrisSenior]

I just have a regular sturdy mug that is good for the microwave and dishwasher and use for coffee and tea. My current one is about being retired. If I am at someone's house, I don't care what cup it is.

 

[Jules]

Just like @Pappy, I use a stainless steel mug - exterior & interior - keeps my coffee warm for hours.

 

[Remy]

A variety of thrifted mugs. Probably mostly vintage Japan. I don't need one more but if I spot a good Otagiri mug with the right design, it's mine.

 

[gruntlabor]

My favorite mug, or actually my most useful, is constructed of healthy porcelain. It is artful enough, sleek and fragile, but I only use it when I am very very bad, like right now. It is attractively decorated with pigs.

 

[katlupe]

My favorite mug given to me by my former boss when I left a job in 1994.

 

[perplexed]

I totally agree. Bone china is the best for drinking tea.. it somehow makes the tea taste even more delicious. I have some, but the problem with Bone china is the tea gets cold almost instantly.. so now I drink out of regular mugs..

I have a set of these..

Very pretty cups! What are they made of? Thanks!

 

[Naturally]

Hodge-podge of go-tos
One on the right used the most

 

[hollydolly]

Very pretty cups! What are they made of? Thanks!

Simply ceramic mugs......but they are very large, each one holds half a pint

 

[gruntlabor]

Hodge-podge of go-tos
One on the right used the most

I am wary of stoneware because of possible lead content. I wish I weren't.

 

[Naturally]

I am wary of stoneware because of possible lead content. I wish I weren't.

Me too !!! ... so if a listing found to not contain a "Lead Free" note, I contacted the artist directly.
It is indeed quite possible to find lead free stoneware ... if you believe what's noted or stated of course.
I wouldn't buy vintage stoneware or stoneware found at a garage sale.

 

[BC Flash]

12 oz glass beer mug - I like a huge cup of coffee!! The mug is pre heated in the microwave before adding coffee.

 

[ArnoldC]

Have a Monday mug, a Friday Hawaiian 'Aloha' mug and a Saturday mug. Days in between whatever falls to hand.

 

[Grampa Don]

Here's my cup for tea. I bought it at Dollar Tree for ,what else, a dollar.

My coffee cup is something that was left behind by a guy who quit many years ago. It's ugly, but I like it.

 

[JustDave]

I have a set of huge mugs, and several other huge mugs. I like coffee, a lot of coffee. I should probably quit drinking so much coffee. I was in a three day gale at sea. The boat held up fine, but I was getting tossed around so much down below that cooking was impossible. I ate sandwiches. When the seas began to calm, what was the first thing I did? I brewed a pot of coffee.