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The Moscow mule is a perfect summer cocktail: light, refreshing, ice cold, and with a backstory that’s as imaginary as any campfire ghost story.

It’s all right there on Wikipedia. Despite the vodka and the name, it wasn’t invented in Russia, but in New York, and popularized by a Connecticut vodka salesman named John Martin and a Hollywood restaurant called - we hoax you not - the Cock ‘n’ Bull. It isn’t some long-ago potion from the Bronze Age, as the de rigeur copper mug would imply. This all happened in the 1940s.

And that famous copper mug, supposedly so essential to the chemistry and flavor of the Moscow mule? Another John Martin publicity gimmick. He thought they’d do nicely as dazzling little billboards for the new drink. So he’d bring them along to the bars on his vodka-peddling rounds, and leave behind a Polaroid of him and the bartender posing, copper mugs in hand, to stimulate the cravings of curious gawkers.

But hey, who are we to ruin the fun? There are those who insist that blend of vodka, lime, and ginger beer just doesn’t taste the same from any other vessel. For them, we offer these 100% copper, 16-ounce Moscow mule mugs. Don’t worry about some bastard metal slipping in there and harshing your Moscow mule mellow.

Now, some fussbudgets might say that still isn’t coppery enough because of the food-grade lacquer coating. Here’s a way to boost the copper quotient for literally pennies: throw some pennies in the bottom of the glass. If that still doesn’t feed your copper jones, maybe find some other drink to obsess over.