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| weaverchic |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 03:30:12 AM
Just made a fresh brew of tea. Do you prefer to drink your tea out of a teacup or a mug. I am partial to old teacups. I have a collection of them and depending on my mood or what type of tea I am brewing I choose that particular cup. I like dainty teacups with pretty flowers and of course I always use the saucer with it. As I sip my tea I think about the person that may have shared that same cup with me. I am always in search of new teacups when rumaging through thrift stores. I like mugs for coffee and hot cocoa!
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 1:42:59 PM
I am a big herbal tea drinker this time of year. I love delicate teacups..but like some of the other gals have said...need the size of a mug. I found the perfect cup yesterday at Ross (of all places!!!) while out Christmas shopping. It is bone china, light yellow with sprigs of pretty flowers that look like lily of the vally. Very delicate and feminine but taller than an ordinary teacup..almost mug size. I love it. My new favorite. There was only one or I would have bought two of them. The mug may be delicate but I tend to be a mite clumsy. I hope it lasts!
Jenny in Utah
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| MaryLD |
Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 06:40:52 AM
Dainty just does not fit in with my lifestyle, lol! My tea cups are made of pottery, not china, and they are Daisy design from Turi Design, Norway, 1960's. I have some Turi tea pots in Lotte and Astrid patterns, too. I have collected several Daisy saucers, the tea pot, the coffee pot, etc. I also have some Spode Christmas tea cups that are heavy duty, but too small!!
However, when it comes to tea, I'm all about the Polish pottery latte mugs. The are giant, heavy duty tea cups such as lattes are served in. I collect Boleslawiec Polish pottery when they have it in places like TJ MAxx and Ross. I wish I had the whole entire dinner, tea set, etc.
I have some fancy Russian tea cups that say USSR on the bottom, and my guests go CRAZY over them- perhaps just in contrast to the usual heavy duty pottery that they are used to around here!
~ Mary LD Texas
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| buffypuff |
Posted - Dec 18 2009 : 1:43:55 PM
I get up early and appreciate a big mug of coffee as I do my early morning duties. Tea is nice in a teacup when I sit to read or enjoy looking outside at the snow or sitting outside listening to the birds tweeting, when it's warmer. Someone mentioned old teacups. There is one I purchased about 35 years ago that had been in a Vancouver BC estate sale. It was not meant to use for drinking as it was a Coalport handpainted cup made before the "inkprint" lion of 1850. It had been impression stamped. It also had a tinkered handle in 3 places with good size staples. Taking it to an authority, evidently it had been brought along with the rest of the set from England aboard ship. I always wondered what the life was like of one who made it, painted it, bought it, sipped from it and tinkered it. Now I have it. It now sits in my china cupboard for all to see, but not to handle.
Buffypuff/ Claudia
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| magnoliakathy |
Posted - Dec 18 2009 : 06:59:24 AM
Mug, holds more tea.
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Dec 17 2009 : 10:05:06 PM
I love pretty tea cups and saucers! But I'm always useing a mug everyday. It depends on my mood.
Hugs,
Channah
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Dec 17 2009 : 3:53:18 PM
I use a HUGE mug . . . for everything!!! I gotta have my MUG!!!
But, I love beautiful teacups and have several, but I use them for decorating when I'm in my "teacup" decorating mode.
CJ
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| Carrie W |
Posted - Dec 17 2009 : 11:19:59 AM
I love my dainty little teacups and saucers....but I mostly only look at them, just like Rene. I think it has to do with having five children and having so many things get broken when they were little. I just hate to have my pretty things out where they can get broken so I keep them stashed away. Someday I hope to have a place to safely display them. I use them every now and then when I'm in that particular mood.
Other than that, I love my mugs, my favorite being one with a pastoral scene of cows and a barn. It is big enough to really satisfy, but thin enough to sip from like a tea cup. I also have some special mugs that I love which are the traditional blue ane white hand made mugs from Bennington Potters which is real close to where I live. Check them out at www.benningtonpotters.com
My mugs are the light blue and white which was their original color...they were a wedding gift 21 years ago!! And they have made it through all five children and still keeping my tea or cocoa or coffee hot!
Carrie M
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| Beemoosie |
Posted - Dec 17 2009 : 10:47:17 AM
I LOVE teacups & saucers, but when I want a cup of tea...give me a big ol' mug!!!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| weaverchic |
Posted - Dec 17 2009 : 09:55:06 AM
Beth
Is the yellow label Lipton tea only available in speciality stores or can you find it at your local market? Black tea is my favorite with a little milk and some sweetner! Years ago a lady from England made a cup of tea from a brand called P. G. Tips. Very good also. She told me it was there everyday household tea that they drank. The sachets are enough to brew two cups of tea. I actually use a 10oz teapot and one bag makes a lovely pot of tea.
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| Faransgirl |
Posted - Dec 17 2009 : 07:50:53 AM
Anyone that is a black tea lover, you might want to try the Lipton Yellow Label tea. I have to get mine in the local import shop but it is well worth the trip. I was introduced to it when we took a trip to the Canary Islands years ago. It is so good.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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| Annab |
Posted - Dec 17 2009 : 03:45:21 AM
Here's a funny that's also a testament to Chinese herbals
Bought something called dieter's tea. You can find it most places now...especially in the natural and orannic markets.
I found some at the Oriental market where hubby gets his jasmine tea and rice. ALl the stuff in this store is directly imported and caters to the Asian folks of the community, so it's authentic for sure!
Well, one evening I brewed a mug full. About 9 oz worth and chugged it down with the usual splash of milk
About mid evening it hit and thank goodness it hadn't been served to anyone else, or that we hadn't planned on going anywhere.
As it turns out Senna is a big time stimulant. And it's natural all right, but SUPER powerful
So now it's just the occasional mint and raspberry tea for me! |
| Betty J. |
Posted - Dec 16 2009 : 5:15:17 PM
You know, it depends on whether I make tea with a teapot or a simple cup of tea. The teapot demands something delicate whereas the cup of tea can be just a mug.
Betty in Pasco |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Dec 16 2009 : 5:05:09 PM
I like tea cups for a special occasion but it's a mug for me. My tea or coffee cools off too fast in a tea cup and they don't hold enough. Bigger is better in my house.
Blessings, Sheri
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| Annab |
Posted - Dec 16 2009 : 5:02:16 PM
Had almost forgotten about the milk in tea!
Picked up this habit when we visited Australia many years ago.
It's really good this way
And some of the potters arouhd here throw the tea bowls. It's a neet design |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Dec 16 2009 : 4:18:42 PM
I like mugs because they hold more I guess. But I like thin lipped ones---like a bone china one. I have several I use and the regular type of mugs too. MB
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Dec 16 2009 : 09:24:04 AM
I love tea cups to look at... but when it comes to drinking tea..I am a mug girl all the way...:)
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| shepherdwagen |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 9:05:19 PM
I live with a German Shepherd Dog, and so I have a growing collection of German Shepherd mugs. I also have a hand-thrown pottery mug that I have had for several years.
Now I really only prefer tea when I am sick, but I still like it in a mug. I wouldn't know what to do with a teacup!
Susan in Iowa
"I've childproofed my house, but they keep getting in." |
| weaverchic |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 2:46:36 PM
My favorite black tea is from Harney and Son the "Royal English Breakfast Tea". It has to be the best black tea I have ever tasted. You can visit them at www.harney.com Just ordered their "Holiday Tea with Holiday Spices" Yummmmmmm
Happiness is in the comfortable companionship of friends.
-Pam Brown |
| tea_lady_tammy |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 2:32:34 PM
I love collecting teacups so I am partial to them and I make a tea tray. I love flavored black teas.
blessings
Tammy
Tea is like being in the stars with God.
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| Faransgirl |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 08:51:30 AM
I am partial to a mug. After living in Scotland I learned to love a cup of strong black tea with milk. I like a really big mug and have several that I choose from depending on my mood. I even have ones for the holiday's.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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| Montrose Girl |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 08:12:59 AM
I'm all about the big mug. A nice large cup of tea and a good book. Best way to spend a cold day.
Laurie
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| ijjie |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 07:26:01 AM
I am with you on the mug of tea on a cold day, cozy by the fire or when fighting the winter sniffles, but give me a pretty tea cup and saucer any other time! I love collecting cups and saucers and have found them from time to time in our local thrift shop.
Joan
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| Choctaw Farm Gal |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 07:24:00 AM
I like them both as well!
I have a few sets of old tea & coffee cups, which are so pretty and a treat to use. I love that they are NOT super-sized and always think of how a small cup of brew was once so gently sipped vs the gulping we are now used to!
I also have a few favorite mugs that serve me well on a cold evening when cradling the warm sides and sipping hot cocoa, an herbal tea, or good coffee can bring instant joy!!!!
~Nancy
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 07:11:15 AM
Well, it does depend. If I am sick, I want a mug--as Melanie mentioned, "hugging" a mug is rather comforting! If I'm working outside in the garden, I always take a break and sit down to an English bone china cup and saucer, very dainty, that reads around it, "Tools Down, Time for Tea" with a little spade and fork.
Coffee is always in a favorite Denby mug. Crazy, but their pottery seems to keep liquids warmer, longer :)
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| mellaisbella |
Posted - Dec 15 2009 : 07:05:07 AM
i like pottery mugs ...I like to "hug" the mug while I am drinkingit....makes me feel cozy
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