My Favorite Mug

I don't have many favorites, but I'm working on it. Perhaps it comes of being fairly demanding of myself and others. A good thing and a bad thing I'd say, but that's for another posting.

Getting back to the topic at hand, I have a favorite mug. If you go to eBay and search for a Denby tankard mug, you may have the luck of finding one for $50 or more. I have 3 and they are all beautiful. I've only got one of this pattern so if you come to my house and have coffee or tea and you are offered it in this mug, consider yourself in. Anyway, they don't make this model anymore, which is a crying shame.

The reason my mug is so special is that it is the perfect shape and size for a petite adult's hands. The base fits in my hands like it was made for me alone. There's nothing like sipping hot tea on a cold day holding a warm mug like it is an extension of your body. The shape is bowled, tapering at the top, which lets heat out sparingly. The best part is the shape of the rim. It's a sensuous experience to drink from my mug - the gentle slope allows me to place my lower lip under it while the rim above isn't so large that the beverage dumps out, instead flowing smoothly, nourishingly into my mouth.

Call me strange, that's fine - I've been called worse things. I do know one thing for sure, I love my mug.