Tagged by Carol

How exciting to get a Tea Tag from Carol. I have to share my tea cups with you – whether you like it or not. Actually I’m just relieved it wasn’t a knicker tag (I’m not opening my knicker drawer for anyone!)

Let’s just declare, here and now, that they’ll be none of this tea CUP talk: this is a place for MUGS only. Proper sized mugs.

It appears on examining my cupboards that I buy mugs in pairs. This was quite unconscious and it’s not so Husband and I can drink out of matching mugs (excuse me while I vomit) it’s so that if one is dirty I have another clean one. Or perhaps if I should drop one…

I buy mugs regularly. I am searching for the perfect mug. I thought this might be impossible, but since I found the perfect purse I know it is possible. Husband says he doesn’t mind my collecting mugs as long as the number in the cupboard remains the same. IE: I have to send to the charity shop the same number as I bought. I don’t. I push them round the corner where he can’t see them breeding.

Thinking about mugs I realise that I have certain rules.

• They have to be the right size: Big, but not oversized. This is so that the teabag to water ratio is correct, obviously.


• They must not be chunky pottery. Bone china is ideal but not essential. If the ceramic is too thick the tea won’t taste right.


• They cannot have colour on the inside: they must be white. This used not to annoy me until HPoP pointed out that you can’t see the colour of the brewing tea. Fair point HPoP.

Anyway, I think those are the basic rules. And now here are the mugs:

I’m rather fond of these although I don’t use them on the basis that the tea to water ratio fails. They are tall but very slim. I bought them in TK Maxx because they got slightly squidged when their clay was wet.

I bought these very cheaply in Sainsbury. I think they’re beautiful. They have a special glaze on them that you might be able to see in the one on the left. I can’t use them unless all the mugs in the house are dirty, because they aren’t white inside.

These are rather special because I bought these when we moved to Thailand and our house contents were still being shipped. We bought 4 plates, 4 knives, 4 forks etc and these two mugs. They were reduced to 90 baht each which is about £1.40. They are almost perfect: my first choice of mug from the cupboard.

These I bought in Central because I fell in love with the pattern. They are good mugs to use, but they haven’t quite got the je ne c’est quoi of some of the others.

This mug I bought on Monday from Starbucks. It’s a good size; I love the design and the colour. It’s not the perfect mug though, just the one I’m infatuated with at the moment.

And now I tag: Oh any of you daft enough to have conversations with yourself about your teacups.