@evilstan60 ugh, tell me about it! These are a healthy 14 ounces…much better than the weenie little 10 ounce mugs you see these days. To say nothing of the anemic demitasses they use in Europe.
I really like the soup mug sized ones that aren’t TOO thick of a material. I have a few green ceramic soup style mugs that retain heat REALLY well. The problem being? If I serve soup in them, we have to wait half an hour from boiling/serve to eating.
@Jamileigh17 I was taught that there are seasonal tea bowls that give the contents different amounts of surface area, allowing the tea to cool at a rate that is relatively consistent over different seasons.
Some American potters apply these concepts to coffee mugs and bowls, though they don’t necessarily explain the distinctions when selling their wares.
Point being, if you have space for an extra set, I’m sure a local potter would be happy to make you some “summer” soup mugs.
My favorite is a black Big Brother is Watching You mug I got in an IRK (or Fuku, I can’t remember). I almost gave it away as a gift when it was new, but now it’s one of the few meh purchases that sees regular use.
There’s no mug like a free mug!
I do not care that it might have advertising on it.
(As long as I didn’t have to pay to advertise something for someone!)
Thrift store score. This one was manufactured by Always Azul Pottery in Villa Grove, CO for something called Copper Door. I have no idea what that is, but it’s a very cool mug. I prefer a heavy stoneware mug because it holds the heat much better than porcelain.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@narfcake YES! I still have one of those from the WB store (light blue with pinky yakko wakko dot and brain in a line). Use it all the time still and going to be devastated the day someone breaks it.
I like a wide, thin, porcelain mug so my coffee cools faster so I can get to drinking it all faster. If I’m in a rare sipping mood then I’ll use my Yeti mug.
The best mugs are not mugs at all. They’re insulated Bubba Bottles according to the masses. You’d know that if you were following Cinoclav’s Field of 32!
All of the above. My only problem with the cool/funny thrifted mugs I get is that they’re very small. Who drinks 8 oz of any warm liquid? I have my handmade 12 oz ones that are great for keeping shit warm and then my soup bowl-sized mug for work.
@Turken I too Love my Death Wish mugs. Mine were Handmade in Minnesota (2017, 2018). I’d like a couple of their wall-hooks to hang 'em from; looks like a crooked Finger saying “Pssst, hey, come here”. Thanks for sharing yours. I love it. ~Sam
My favorite for morning coffee is a 12 oz. mug from Bennington Potters. They keep coffee hot and don’t tip over. The “not tipping over” part is really important to me, especially in the morning before I’ve had coffee. I don’t think I could deal with a coffee cup that looks like it is tipping over all of the time.
I have a soft spot for company related mugs from companies I like. I’ve got five different (all made in England) mugs from Digital Equipment Corporation (RIP, sigh), glass, porcelain, stoneware, one with real metallic gold leaf on it (so can’t be microwaved). One glass Apple mug with the Apple logo etched into the bottom so you see it while you drink. And I found a Walgreens mug at the thrift store in Lake Zurich IL from Charleston Blvd Walgreens in Las Vegas, so hometown mug and I used to go to that Walgreens…
I only use them for tea and cocoa because coffee sucks.
My wife is the coffee drinker; she absolutely loves the one Meh mug we’ve received and uses it first when its clean.
Funny, about 20 years ago I took several boxes of promotional mugs, brand new, and stainless steel insulating can holders from a freight business in our building that literally locked their doors and walked away. When the landlord cleared the place out we were allowed to grab a lot of things before they were dumpstered. Salvation Army, Goodwill, and a local place all turned me down on the donations because they claimed to not accept items with company names and logos on them, even if no longer in business.
My favorite mug was “lost” in a move. Whoever broke it was right to dispose of the evidence and lie to my face and say that they didn’t know where it went.
I like plain mugs, or ones that look handmade without logos or text or pictures.
Usually though, I use a double-walled thing so the coffee stays hot while I drink it. Can’t argue with hot coffee.
@guyfromhawthorn I once won a huge mug at a school carnival that had “Bennet’s Colorizer” advertising on it; the thing held close to a quart. I made a huge hot cocoa in it once, then my Mom confiscated it (using 6 packs of cocoa mix at once was frowned on) and used it for her craft paint brushes until it was broken.
The best mugs are nice vacuum insulated mugs. There’s no way I’m finishing my coffee before it gets cold in a normal mug without chugging it. I make the coffee into a metal mug with a spout so it cools to the right temperature fast and is then easy to pour into my awesome zoujirushi “travel” mug. It’s still drinking temperature by the end of the workday if I’m busy and forget.
The most ergonomically comfortable mugs I’ve found, and 10oz is about right for a person who prefers to sip rather than chug coffee. They’re made for coffee shop use, so I don’t have to worry about them chipping or losing their glaze.
On the go, I have 12oz and 16oz HydroFlask containers (for lattes and cold brew, respectively). Good insulation and easily the best lids I’ve found.
@mike808 That site is hilarious! Thanks for turning me on to it – maybe. Just what I need; a cabinet full of $20 mugs that I have to hide when the grandkids come over.
I have a several mugs from Shakespeare & Co (a theater company in Lenox, MA) that are known as Winking Willie mugs because with hot coffee (or other liquids) an eye in the Shakespeare portrait on it closes to wink at you. Unfortunately, they no longer sell this model.
My husband had a coffee cup mug collection to beat the band. He’d been collecting them from around the world for decades (he drank appx 3 pots a day). I wanted matching cups and I didn’t want most of the ones he had around out when the grands were over. Most of them were along the lines of… when you took a sip out of one of them, big ceramic tits would swing and hit you on the chin… one for mustache rides, one for practicing gynecology, etc. When he passed I got rid of all of them.
My ideal mug would have a completely (and precisely) flat bottom for more contact area with the electric mug warmer at my desk. Does anyone know where I could find one online?
Are the black meh cups with purple inside.
@cengland0 I haven’t seen these. Were they on sale at one time, a VMP thing, or what? Could someone please post a pic?
@ThunderChicken
These were never up for sale anywhere. You had to be lucky and get them in a Fuko, Fuku, or IRK.
Are big. More coffee per pour.
@evilstan60 ugh, tell me about it! These are a healthy 14 ounces…much better than the weenie little 10 ounce mugs you see these days. To say nothing of the anemic demitasses they use in Europe.
All of the above! And below! I like having no two mugs be the same!
@Zeusandhera Right? What good are samey mugs? Everyone has different preferences, and if they’re the same, they’ll get mixed up.
I really like the soup mug sized ones that aren’t TOO thick of a material. I have a few green ceramic soup style mugs that retain heat REALLY well. The problem being? If I serve soup in them, we have to wait half an hour from boiling/serve to eating.
@Jamileigh17 I was taught that there are seasonal tea bowls that give the contents different amounts of surface area, allowing the tea to cool at a rate that is relatively consistent over different seasons.
Some American potters apply these concepts to coffee mugs and bowls, though they don’t necessarily explain the distinctions when selling their wares.
Point being, if you have space for an extra set, I’m sure a local potter would be happy to make you some “summer” soup mugs.
My favorite is a black Big Brother is Watching You mug I got in an IRK (or Fuku, I can’t remember). I almost gave it away as a gift when it was new, but now it’s one of the few meh purchases that sees regular use.
There’s no mug like a free mug!
I do not care that it might have advertising on it.
(As long as I didn’t have to pay to advertise something for someone!)
/giphy Mug Shot
@phendrick
/image Mug Shot
@phendrick umh, no, dona wanna that looking back at me from my coffee cup, ina da mornin.
Makes me feel I did something I shouldn’t a, or didn’t do something I shoulda.
Thrift store score. This one was manufactured by Always Azul Pottery in Villa Grove, CO for something called Copper Door. I have no idea what that is, but it’s a very cool mug. I prefer a heavy stoneware mug because it holds the heat much better than porcelain.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@ruouttaurmind it’s these guys judging by the logo.
https://copperdoorcoffee.com/
@unksol Surely enough, it’s a match.
@ruouttaurmind @unksol
Another favored thrift store score: From The Islands restaurant chain, mostly now defunct, there are a couple locations still hanging in there.
The amazing mm mugs that we registered for for our wedding.
Keep my coffee–the very juice of life–warm for the 4 minutes it takes me to drink it.
Company give a-ways are the best. I wish I had a marketing budget.
The best mugs are, uh, borrowed from various places
The ones I had made with pics from our barefoot cruise.
“Always be yourself, unless you can be a pirate, then always be a pirate!”
My circa 1995 Animaniacs mugs are the best, but my catshirtswoot mugs are nice too.
@narfcake YES! I still have one of those from the WB store (light blue with pinky yakko wakko dot and brain in a line). Use it all the time still and going to be devastated the day someone breaks it.
I like a wide, thin, porcelain mug so my coffee cools faster so I can get to drinking it all faster. If I’m in a rare sipping mood then I’ll use my Yeti mug.
The best mugs are not mugs at all. They’re insulated Bubba Bottles according to the masses. You’d know that if you were following Cinoclav’s Field of 32!
We like to buy the collectible mugs from Starbucks when we visit a new place.
HUGE mugs, I use them for soup!
@tinamarie1974 Does that officially make soup a drink?
@cinoclav maybe a broth, but I don’t like my drinks chunky
/giphy chunky
@tinamarie1974 Should’ve bought the Blendtec!
@cinoclav
/giphy nausious
Ones that holds liquid. That’s my only requirement.
@kittykat9180 beat me to it.
All of the above. My only problem with the cool/funny thrifted mugs I get is that they’re very small. Who drinks 8 oz of any warm liquid? I have my handmade 12 oz ones that are great for keeping shit warm and then my soup bowl-sized mug for work.
Currently on my desk at work:
Love the shape and glazing on this one
@Turken Our ren-faire (Bristol Rennaissance Faire) sells annual mugs that look very much like that (with appropriate logo of course)
@Turken I too Love my Death Wish mugs. Mine were Handmade in Minnesota (2017, 2018). I’d like a couple of their wall-hooks to hang 'em from; looks like a crooked Finger saying “Pssst, hey, come here”. Thanks for sharing yours. I love it. ~Sam
My favorite for morning coffee is a 12 oz. mug from Bennington Potters. They keep coffee hot and don’t tip over. The “not tipping over” part is really important to me, especially in the morning before I’ve had coffee. I don’t think I could deal with a coffee cup that looks like it is tipping over all of the time.
heavy duty diner mugs or nothing
@trickynick Especially if they have a chip on one side of the rim!
Not too thick ceramic or porcelain. Nice glaze. Holds full keurig cup. Doesn’t get too hot in the microwave. Currently, all mine are Anthropology.
I have a soft spot for company related mugs from companies I like. I’ve got five different (all made in England) mugs from Digital Equipment Corporation (RIP, sigh), glass, porcelain, stoneware, one with real metallic gold leaf on it (so can’t be microwaved). One glass Apple mug with the Apple logo etched into the bottom so you see it while you drink. And I found a Walgreens mug at the thrift store in Lake Zurich IL from Charleston Blvd Walgreens in Las Vegas, so hometown mug and I used to go to that Walgreens…
I only use them for tea and cocoa because coffee sucks.
My wife is the coffee drinker; she absolutely loves the one Meh mug we’ve received and uses it first when its clean.
Funny, about 20 years ago I took several boxes of promotional mugs, brand new, and stainless steel insulating can holders from a freight business in our building that literally locked their doors and walked away. When the landlord cleared the place out we were allowed to grab a lot of things before they were dumpstered. Salvation Army, Goodwill, and a local place all turned me down on the donations because they claimed to not accept items with company names and logos on them, even if no longer in business.
The best mugs are thick, handmade (in the USA), have large comfortable handles, and are between 12-14 ozs capacity.
My favorite mug was “lost” in a move. Whoever broke it was right to dispose of the evidence and lie to my face and say that they didn’t know where it went.
I like plain mugs, or ones that look handmade without logos or text or pictures.
Usually though, I use a double-walled thing so the coffee stays hot while I drink it. Can’t argue with hot coffee.
On the subject of weird thrift store mugs, this is my favorite recent find:
Funny is good, but the bigger, the better.
@guyfromhawthorn I once won a huge mug at a school carnival that had “Bennet’s Colorizer” advertising on it; the thing held close to a quart. I made a huge hot cocoa in it once, then my Mom confiscated it (using 6 packs of cocoa mix at once was frowned on) and used it for her craft paint brushes until it was broken.
I miss that one.
The best mugs are nice vacuum insulated mugs. There’s no way I’m finishing my coffee before it gets cold in a normal mug without chugging it. I make the coffee into a metal mug with a spout so it cools to the right temperature fast and is then easy to pour into my awesome zoujirushi “travel” mug. It’s still drinking temperature by the end of the workday if I’m busy and forget.
POPSOCKETS! SPROCKETS! DAVY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
I’m pretty stoked about this simple red mug I got during the Prime Fiasco: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013DRK10
Wish it was 14 ounce instead of 10 ounce, but I’m accustomed to suffering.
Oversized for tomato soup and cocoa with a big marshmallow. Otherwise a travel mug for coffee, tea, etc.
For home: notNeutral LINO mugs
The most ergonomically comfortable mugs I’ve found, and 10oz is about right for a person who prefers to sip rather than chug coffee. They’re made for coffee shop use, so I don’t have to worry about them chipping or losing their glaze.
On the go, I have 12oz and 16oz HydroFlask containers (for lattes and cold brew, respectively). Good insulation and easily the best lids I’ve found.
Effinbirds.
@mike808 That site is hilarious! Thanks for turning me on to it – maybe. Just what I need; a cabinet full of $20 mugs that I have to hide when the grandkids come over.
I have a several mugs from Shakespeare & Co (a theater company in Lenox, MA) that are known as Winking Willie mugs because with hot coffee (or other liquids) an eye in the Shakespeare portrait on it closes to wink at you. Unfortunately, they no longer sell this model.
“Ya lousy mugs!”
My husband had a coffee cup mug collection to beat the band. He’d been collecting them from around the world for decades (he drank appx 3 pots a day). I wanted matching cups and I didn’t want most of the ones he had around out when the grands were over. Most of them were along the lines of… when you took a sip out of one of them, big ceramic tits would swing and hit you on the chin… one for mustache rides, one for practicing gynecology, etc. When he passed I got rid of all of them.
I have a lot of different mugs at home, and my favorite is the mug with my dog’s photo. The same mug https://printsfield.com/collections/custom-mugs/products/dog-personalized-mug but with German Shepherd
@steeeeven oh, I know this site! I bought socks there some time ago
Since we resurrected ths thread, this is my new favorite mug.
@sammydog01 i kinda dig the giant frog
@tinamarie1974 I like the zombie poodle on the other side.
@sammydog01 uummmm pics??
@sammydog01 Twisted. I love it. Where from?
@tinamarie1974 @ThunderChicken I didn’t take that picture but here’s the link with a photo of all angles. They have the most amazing stuff and it was always too expensive. Then the pandemic happened and I needed reassurance that things could be worse.
https://calamityware.com/products/calamityware-mug-1-things-could-be-worse?variant=31273839067159
@sammydog01 Awesome. Thanks!
POPSOCKETS! COURT DOCKETS! FOLK ROCK HITS! AWESOME!
My ideal mug would have a completely (and precisely) flat bottom for more contact area with the electric mug warmer at my desk. Does anyone know where I could find one online?
Another favorite mug is one with a broken handle or that leaks. They make great pen/pencil holders!