Fun Friday: Your Favorite Mug
Today's question is: what's your favorite mug? Bonus points if there's a story behind it!
After working from home for (some amount of time; time doesn't exist anymore), I've become very partial to one mug for my morning cup(s) of coffee.
I first saw it on Etsy, but it was just out of my comfort zone of what's appropriate to spend on a raccoon mug I don't need. About an hour later I decided treat yoself. It was gone. I resigned myself to daydreaming about the one that got away until I got home a week later to see it sitting on the kitchen counter. My fiancé had seen it online, completely independent of me, and said, "She needs it."
I love it because it's slightly larger than regular mugs, thus giving me more coffee, and the design is * chef's kiss *.
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@Matt Doar I too am an espresso person! I love making myself a nice cappuccino in the morning, and I almost always drink it out of this mug. I got it for my boyfriend this past Valentine's day and told him I'd never use it (I am a notorious hoarder of our "nice mugs") yet I have used it every morning since.
I've recently leaned into thermos life because I drink my coffee so slowly and I had to figure out a way to keep it warmer for longer 🔥
My favorite one is from Merit Coffee out of Texas. I love it because it has very positive messages all over and is a little piece of home/Texas I am able to take with me wherever I go!
Y'all Enjoy ☕
I love owls and when I saw this mug in a shop in SF's Japantown, I had to have it. I use it every day. Every night I fill it with coffee and put it in the fridge so when I wake up the mug and the coffee is cold. I love the crazy owl illustration, and I love it's cutesy but almost antagonistic Japanese vibe. Very appropriate for all my morning feels.
My top three mugs!
The one on the left was a gift from my brother (who I didn't meet until a few years ago) and it has a pleasing shape. Plus it's a bird mug and I love birds! The one in the middle was made by a friend of my husband's and is so cozy to hold and drink tea out of. The giant mug on the right is the one I drink cafe au lait out of every day, as it holds a whole bunch of foamed milk!
It was hard to narrow this down even to three mugs. Mugs are delightful.
This is my kitty-shaped pour over set! I love cats, and when a co-worker sent me the link to this cutie, I couldn't live without it - I placed my order on the spot 😸 I drink mostly espresso or tea lately, but when I want a big coffee, this is my go-to mug.
I have a bazillion coffee mugs, and I love using a different one every day.
My favorite there would have to be a set though I collect a Coffee mug from every state or national park I go to, unfortunatly those ones are packed up in a box right now as we cycle our mugs in and out every few months, so no pic of those ones.
BUT I also really like collecting Beer Mugs
And my favorite on those guys, Its A toss up between these two:
I painted up the red one at a DIY pottery place called "Cafe Monet Art Studio" in Austin, to look all grimy and toxic experimenting by blowing bubbles in watered down glaze with a straw and slapping the bubbles on the mug, and it turned out way better than i imagined, and I caught myself off guard how well it came out, I was expecting it to look horrible, and it was a happy mistake.
and I got the Horn Mug at the Sherwood Forest Medieval faire 2 years ago, and it has some good memories attached, Highly recomend checking out Sherwood if you ever get a chance, its really fun.
I also have a secrete on the bottom of the red one that is there to put a smile on the faces of others when I take a drink :)
- Earl
Also couldn't pick just 1! My other mugs will be soooo jealous but my top 3 from left to right -
1. This one is from Easy Tiger (a beer garden/bakery in Austin) and it's the most perfect shade of millennial pink and reminds me of summer nights biking there in college 🚴🏼♂️
2. This one is from Communal Coffee (a combo coffee shop and flower market/gift shop in San Diego). It has 2 very wonderful things on it and reminds me of the trip I took there to visit a friend where I spent time * ~ finding myself * ~
3. This one was a bday gift from one of my best friends, it's from Helen Levi and is super pretty!
I'm a fan of my old Stash mug.
The main thing for this is that it is just the right size for a cup of tea - large enough to enjoy it, fine enough that the aroma wafts up, and small enough that you drink it all before it gets too cold. Oh, and cat. Because it's me.
Here are my top 3 mugs each one has a story (in my defence I have to say I‘m a caffeine addicted and definitely drink too much coffee.... so I need more mugs 😅☕️)
#1 my big daily morning mug may parents got me from their trip to Canada (my only relatives living in Vancouver I haven‘t visited yet) I love the haptics and look and how much coffee fits in this cup 😍
This makes make 20 minutes or so start in the day where I can think my things over and dream of visiting canada e.g.
#2 slinky dog mug - I love weener dogs and Toy Story! This special mug reminds me of our dachshund (we still miss her so much) and is a combo-special with a tattoo ☺️
#3 this one needs no introduction - Mr. R2-D2 - got this mug when I started my new job 4 years ago! Love Star Wars and droids. This mug is my special Home Office Coffee mug. R2 is following me right from the start - some of my colleagues already ask if me an R2 are ready before videocalls 😄 love it
These are my favourite mugs. I stopped drinking coffee and tea on August 24th (or took a break from it), I was only drinking one cup of coffee a day and tea just for a treat on weekends but wanted to see if my natural energy would kick in if I stopped the coffee. So far I miss the lets' get things done buzz I got from coffee, but feeling fairly calm, relaxed and overall zen so I am enjoying that for now. It's funny on my fitbit my average resting heart rate has dropped 4 beats since stopping the caffeine. So these mugs will be waiting for me in my cupboard when/if I decide to start drinking coffee and tea again.
Better late than never: mine are those! 😉 you can express your daily mood without saying anything 😂
and they are manufactured 10km next to my home town, that’s an additional plus! 💚
I might be late to the party too but I must share my wonderful cat mug that all my clients and coworkers are forced to look at during video chats.
My double sheep coffee mug :-)
