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To ask a picture of your favourite mug for tea?

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Aspiringcook · 19/09/2025 10:26

A light Friday post. What is your go to mug for tea drinking? And do you use a teabag or loose tea with a strainer or teapot?

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booksnbaking · 19/09/2025 11:31

Never tea. Only coffee.

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stickybear · 19/09/2025 11:28

SydneyCarton · 19/09/2025 11:25

The Keep Calm one is for the first cup of the day and the other is for subsequent cups.

Hard agree on the white insides; my SiL gave me a Harry Potter cauldron style mug and although it’s nice and big I can’t use it because it’s black inside and the tea just looks wrong.

Oh I love your second one! Can I ask where it is from please? My very favourite mug was broken recently and I'm on the lookout for a worthy replacement

SydneyCarton · 19/09/2025 11:25

The Keep Calm one is for the first cup of the day and the other is for subsequent cups.

Hard agree on the white insides; my SiL gave me a Harry Potter cauldron style mug and although it’s nice and big I can’t use it because it’s black inside and the tea just looks wrong.

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Namechangetheyarewatching · 19/09/2025 11:17

Mine with Yorkshire tea

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AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 11:08

Pfpppl · 19/09/2025 11:05

Fine bone china, a nice thin rim and as big as possible. This is one of my faves.

I don't like cups too thin. The design is fab though.

Pfpppl · 19/09/2025 11:05

Fine bone china, a nice thin rim and as big as possible. This is one of my faves.

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AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 11:03

Those awful tiny white hotel cups are an abomination. When I see them I feel sad.

AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 11:00

KimberleyClark · 19/09/2025 10:58

I was given some M & S coffee bags as part of a food gift hamper, they are really, good and very convenient having no grounds to deal with, but ridiculously expensive at £13.50 for 6!

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Wow that is pricey. I tried bags ages ago and found them rubbish. I have an espresso machine which is a faff but it makes great coffee.

AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 10:59

Sorry tried to put a photo in but it didn't work

KimberleyClark · 19/09/2025 10:58

AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 10:51

Sorry I didn't answer your other question. I use tea bags. I like loose leaf in theory but I don't have the wherewithal to manage it. I am much more particular about coffee - I absolutely will not drink instant, it is foul.

I was given some M & S coffee bags as part of a food gift hamper, they are really, good and very convenient having no grounds to deal with, but ridiculously expensive at £13.50 for 6!

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Aspiringcook · 19/09/2025 10:57

@GlastoNinja the sports direct ones are just awful imo, I like a nice ceramic mug, it’s a treat

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AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 10:54

GlastoNinja · 19/09/2025 10:53

Mine needs to be as big as possible, but classy, not like the sports direct ones.

Are you a quick drinker, or are you ok with the bit at the end being a bit cold?

GlastoNinja · 19/09/2025 10:53

Mine needs to be as big as possible, but classy, not like the sports direct ones.

AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 10:53

Oh and my DH doesn't drink tea which is the weirdest thing in the history of things. I was surprised how pleased I was when my teenage DS liked tea - it's so odd being the only tea drinker in the house.

AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 10:51

Sorry I didn't answer your other question. I use tea bags. I like loose leaf in theory but I don't have the wherewithal to manage it. I am much more particular about coffee - I absolutely will not drink instant, it is foul.

AgDulAmach · 19/09/2025 10:50

Great thread! I'm obsessed with mugs. I could not drink out of yours, it is entirely the wrong shape and the handle is awful (sorry to your mug I'm sure you love her dearly).

I'll upload mine in a bit - it's not to hand. It became an unexpected favourite after I bought it in a craft fair. It has a dark blue inside, which I normally hate (usually needs to be white so I can see it's clean) and has a cat shape on the front. It is lovely and I wish I could get more but I don't know who made it.

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Aspiringcook · 19/09/2025 10:47

Mine is this very simple and boring one I have bought in Cornwall almost 15 years ago

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