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Classic first world problem but my long quest to find the perfect tea mug is proving fruitless. Requirements are:

Does such a design exist?
• China or Porcelain (of course)
• Lager volume, but not bucket size
• Thick mug to hold temperature but tapering towards the top to a fine rim (to avoid slurping)This is the really critical bit for me
• Ergonomic handle in ‘harp’ type shape
• Nice manly design, no flowers.


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 10:27 am
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[url= http://www.anangelatmytable.com/ted-baker-legends-mug-50-off-5198-p.asp ]got one of this for christmas (inlaws) but the wife broke it [/url] 👿

best tea ever


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 10:30 am
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Love the shape of that mug. This is going in the right direction. What sort of volume did it have.

Slightly concerned that it looks quite camp though!


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 10:32 am
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11cm tall by about 8cm diameter.


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 10:36 am
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110cm by 80cm
that is one big mug!
(is it not just a 55 gallon drum with a handle?)


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 10:47 am
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🙂 man sized


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 10:50 am
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[i]• Lager volume, but not bucket size
• Thick mug to hold temperature but tapering towards the top to a fine rim (to avoid slurping)This is the really critical bit for me[/i]

You have described my favourite mug! I'll post a photo later 🙂


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 11:00 am
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That's the campest looking mug I've ever seen...


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 11:01 am
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Klunk - did you not buy another? They're only £5.75! I might buy one for myself and get MrsG to give it to me for Christmas.


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 11:31 am
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Actually..... Just went to order one and standard delivery more than doubles its price! Maybe not, then 😕

Edit: Any first hand reviews of the STW mug?

Edit #2: Just checked and the tea mug is no longer listed. Ho hum.


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 11:58 am
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harry potter quidditch mug from 2000. big handle for fat fingers and a tapered side so volume is large but not pint tankard sized.

BUT the smart thing about the taper means that the tea cools faster when its hot and then less as you drink it - awesome.


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 12:08 pm
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Yep, I want it tapered in shape.

I've got a STW coffee mug. Ideal except for the fact that is is fat round the brim. Okay for coffee but not tea. And the fact that the print work comes off in the dishwasher (on both the original and its replacement!)

The perfect mug is out there somewhere,......


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 2:17 pm
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Here it is

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Keeps tea hot for at least 1 hour. 🙂


 
Posted : 05/09/2012 2:30 pm
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I have one like this (only it's got a seascape rather than a puffin on it)
[url= http://www.highlandstoneware.com/product.php/224_14/1-Pint-Mug---Puffin.html ]highland stoneware 1 pint mug[/url]
Mind you when i got mine (late 90's) it was £18.
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Posted : 05/09/2012 2:36 pm
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Euro Disney was a good source of man sized mugs with fairly apt characters. Mug is thick, heavy and had managed a good year of being thrown in to the washing up bowl by the office cleaner.

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Posted : 26/02/2013 9:58 am
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This one?


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 10:00 am
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^^ Like it. 😆

(Still not as good as mine though, mug-wise)


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 10:02 am
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you pansy-wearing, tea-drinking, whippet-worrying northerners are weird.

A mug is for coffee. A mug is a mug.


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 10:06 am
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This one for me, but in the larger 'bucket' size.

It doesn't taper, then again I like a good, manly slurp now and again.

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you pansy-wearing, tea-drinking, whippet-worrying northerners are weird.

A mug is for coffee. A mug is a mug.

Coffee?
That muck Americans and Continentals drink?
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Posted : 26/02/2013 10:19 am
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Coffee?!

For ponces that


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 10:21 am
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Hanks relay team ruffle?


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 10:32 am
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yes, we do mugs but this is one i keep one in stock for printing special jobs and for ones i do for freinds, use it myself, i call them...

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basically it holds 15oz so big enough for a decent brew but at the same time not comedy size. best bit is that its a nice heavy'ish pot, chunky'ish, again neither without being silly, really comforting to handle and hold as it holds heat.


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 12:26 pm
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In all seriousness Kath Kidston mugs are my fave.

The right size, good handle, keeps a brew warm for long enough, and most importantly a good open design to fit most biscuits for dunking

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Posted : 26/02/2013 12:30 pm
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i had a kidston cowboy before getting the mm ones in, the mm are better.

maybe i should demo mugs, damn, now there's a thing!!!


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 12:34 pm
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This is my mug;

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holds a pint so probably a bit big.


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 12:37 pm
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[img] http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFSNMA9l7V3no5sELdUBCQqLcBYew-XdOOlC76mKJ2FuuqEF8i [/img]

Really funny this should randomly come up now, was discussing it at the weekend. My search continues.


 
Posted : 26/02/2013 12:43 pm