Coffee cups and mugs are highly personal and favorite things. These magic vessels contain the elixir that gets us going in the morning and keeps us going - often with “booster shots” all day and long into the night.
To be sure, these are comfortable old favorites - worn and chipped - perhaps sporting a company or team logo - while others have the comfortable and reassuring feeling of a city or neighborhood diner – the kind of ceramic mug with all of the heft, thick round edge, and the rugged handle.
Others have been stained and carry a special “patina” from years of holding a brew that often languished in the bottom through workday meetings and countless interruptions until their owners could quaff the last few sips...Still others are formal dining, meeting and “artsy” vessels crafted as if to signal the importance of the roasted bean beverage and its haute consumer.
All in all, it seems that your favorite coffee cup or mug will be surely loyal to the end... but let’s not tempt fate with an untimely accident or a brush with certain breakage... a tile or stone floor!
It’s your mug... so hang on tight... your coffee will thank you!
Taken from November 2007 issue of Coffee Companion.
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