What's your favorite teacup?

Haha… Should have searched before posting a new thread. Well, it’s been a while since the last one.

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I love all lines of products from this handmade Taiwanese studio.

I’m in love with the DT perfect mug. I have a bowl style mug from Pampered Chef as well, I like to drink matcha out of that one.

Mine is an adorable little 8-oz Danish blue teacup with a saucer, mesh infuser basket, and lid that my sweetie found somewhere or other and gave to me for my birthday.

I have 7 mug/cups from TJ Maxx and they are like oversized tea cups. They are super colorful and pretty and they hold such a deliciously hefty cup of tea :)

The mug I use at home is a big one (14 ounces, about 10-12 oz used normally) is a mug from my company store. Black on black lettering so it’s not too obvious and I bought it a while ago using ‘points’ that I got for doing a good job at the company. So basically free and that’s how I like it. The mug I use at work for tea was free from my union and it’s one of those tall big mugs though it probably holds the same amount or more, I think I measured it when ‘full’ at 14 oz the last time I bothered to check. I have a Breville tea maker in both places and usually fill it up to 750ml when I make a pot and that’s about 2 mugs or a mug and a travel mug with either mug. Obviously, I don’t care much about what they look like, just how they function.

When it comes to cups/mugs, like everything else, things come and go. I love one for a while, then another one strikes my fancy. I love seeking out the unusual things at thrift stores, so usually my mug of choice at any given time is random, unusual, and from a thrift store.

My current technical requirements:
1) White in color, to best see the color of the tea when brewing. Depending on the mug, a clear one may be an acceptable alternative.
2) Preferably 10 oz size.
3) Preferably with a handle. But not required.
4) Must be able to work well with Finum basket.

While I am typing this out, it does seem a bit technically exacting in requirements- maybe I should loosen up a bit :)

I have Teavanas grand peacock I fuses mug, 10oz with ceramic infuser and a lid that doubles as a saucer for the infuser. I love the artwork on it.
I also have 16oz white latte mugs from pottery barn that I use for everything.

I have these cute little glass cups from Teavivre. They hold about the same amount as a shot glass or two. The glass is very thick on the sides so the cups appear rounded. I don’t know how to describe them. Here they are: http://www.teavivre.com/two-double-wall-glass-tea-cups-50ml/ I really don’t know what to do with them as I don’t drink only 50 ml at a time. Maybe I’ll swap them with someone for some tea samples?

I have three mugs that are my favorite, each a different size. I use them all quite regularly, depending on how much tea I feel like drinking in one sitting.

First, I have a big, heavy, brownish-tanish-purpleish (I know, a lot of “ish”!) clay mug with the word “Libra” and the libra sign (a scale) carved into it. I can pour my whole teapot (23oz? Somewhere in the 20s) in it, which is convienent when no one else wants to drink a tea with me and I make a lot of it. A friend bought it for me years ago, and I’ve used it ever since. =)
Next, if I want a little less tea and my big mug is dirty/elsewhere, I have a Betty Boop ceremaic mug that I love, too! My Nana got that for me, as I was obsessed with Betty Boop a couple of years back. It’s black with a white inside. This one comes with a lid, which is nice if I have somehing I have to do and need to keep the tea warm. It’s about 16 oz.
Finally, I have a small 8 oz mug with my favorite animal all over it: PENGUINS! =) I think it was from seaworld. My dad got it back in the 80s and gave it to me when he found out I loved penguins. It’s old, but well loved.