Poll: Your Favorite Coffee Mug

[GregW]

Ceramic mugs used in the US Navy. My favorite saying "Do not annoy Dragons for you are crunchy and go well with catsup."

[drramsin]

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[cncracer]

Mine passed away a few years ago. It hit the sidewalk, and all the Kings men couldn’t put it together again. It was a mug with the Picasso painting of Lady in Green Chair on it. I have looked for a new one, but for some reason it became a collector cup and everyone I found was over $50.00. I just could not spend that on a cup I had paid only $2.00 for. I have now become attached to a mug with a cow on one side, and a bull on the other. It gives me that country feeling while stopped in traffic.

[RDSLOTS]

Favorite coffee mug? I have several.

For drinking every morning, I am particularly fond of the mug our Principal gave us to mark the opening of the county's newest HS, and our being lucky enough to have been the 'original staff.'

It is a 12 oz. mug (the smallest I can stand), features the school logo and motto, date, and all that jazz on one side, and the other has tiny columns with all of our names in ABC order. I have often thought I need to put it away for posterity but drinking from that mug in the a.m. just makes me feel great, especially since I am now retired. If my dearest husband shows up with my coffee, in any other mug, even if another 'favorite,' I am always disappointed.

Other favorites, also in 12, or 16 oz. sizes, with large handles, include

- Tigger, superimposed over 'bouncy bouncy Bouncy BOUNCY bouncy'
- a black Disney mug with a raised motif of the traditional rendition of the little mouse

These two obviously from trips to Disney, with the kid, years ago.

- one with Jefferson's "I cannot live without books" emblazoned on it, from the Library of Congress
-one from the Asian art exhibit a few years back, also from the Library of Congress

The only small mugs I have that I really like, an 8 oz. (standard size) include

- Shakespeare's line, "First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" from Folger's Shakepeare Library in Washington, DC
- The Wizard of Oz's "Dear Dorothy: Hate Oz, took the shoes, find your own way home. Toto" from a gift shop in the airport in Kansas City

AAAUGER, you certainly have some choices to make. Seems to me, from reading the thread, coffee mug choices are almost as individual as the posters here themselves.

As for style, a large mug -- no less than 12oz. but 18oz. is a bit too large for me -- with a nice large handle that takes up almost the side of the mug, and lets me hang onto the thing with several fingers, has some 'heft' to it, but not too much (perhaps is thick enough to keep the coffee hot long enough for me to drink it).

Do NOT put metal thingies on the outside. I have a lovely mug, in two pieces -- a black mug, and the Baltimore Oriole of the MLB team, that came unglued. AArrgghh. . . Couldn't put it in the microwave, either.

I have noticed, the last few times I have been drawn to mugs, that some will offer the same design in two sizes -- the larger 12oz. + , as well as a smaller 8 oz., which I thought was nice. Many times I will see a mug I like, and want to purchase, but don't use the smaller size much. I have to really, really want the mug for it's design, logo, pattern, *whatever* to actually purchase the smaller.

Good luck with your task. Will you let us know what you decide, largely out of curiosity? Many of the ones described here have been great, methinks.

[Nancy-NJ-NY-ME?]

Originally Posted by Averie-Jay

I like the coffee mugs that hold roughly 16 oz. and easily fit in a car's cup holder (no handle). I think it's also important to have the open/close lid to prevent spilling. Having a metal interior versus a plastic interior is also appreciated, but surely increases the price.

I vote for the above!

[Katimae]

My sister and I always say a mug is not worth having unless you can fit your whole fist inside of it. I don't really like travel mugs... I think the coffee always gets in the little lip area and drips on me. My favorite mug is a great big one with Mae West on it that says "When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm even better" on the back, then inside it says "It's better to be looked over than overlooked". My second favoite mug was a gift and it's a Disney mug with Sally from "Nightmare Before Christmas" on it. It's nice and big and it has a slight curve in the middle so it feels really good in your hand. I like to hold my warm coffee mug on those cold mornings! Another thing I don't like about travel mugs is they don't get all warm outside like a ceramic mug!

[southerngentleman]

My Favorite Mug is All Black and has a logo( for a club) carved out of the front Like a Laser cut that reveals to white! My old favorite mug broke,it was tall and just ever so slightly bigger than normal so that it held more,but did not look like a giants teacup!

[GoCUBS1]

I actually did some market research on this a few years back. (Our company gives out promo coffee & mugs.) The #1 thing customers requested was a travel mug w/secure lid that fit easily in their car's cup holder. Choose a neutral color (e.g. black, silver) that makes your logo stand out.

[eggalegga]

Also, be careful that it doesn't contain any lead.