My favorite mugs change. There's a lot of hand made pottery in NC, so sometimes I'll be in the mood for one of the ones I've bought. There's a nicely shaped green one with a tree on it that holds about 1.5 mug's worth of coffe that I've been using a lot lately. Other times I'll be in the mood for one of the Liberty print mugs from Target.

My favorite mug ever was big and purple, and the handle finally broke. That was a blow, I hate to say. I used that mug every day for years.

Now I alternate between my "Keep Calm and Carry Salt Rounds" mug, a mug with an A on it from Pier One or something, and a hand-painted mug I got from B&N years ago, with a cozy chair and a book and a table with a mug on it.

Speaking of mugs, it's time for tea refill. With the big 'un, it's two go rounds to finish the 750ml of tea I brew at a time. First cup is with the muffin/bread/cereal, second is just for savouring.

I think oversize has been the most consistent feature I enjoyed. The first set of dishes I bought for myself was jewel tone stuff from Pier 1--I really loved that stuff--each setting was a different colour, four settings, and the mugs were nice wide latte mugs. I've never had dishes I've liked as much since--in fact my current dishes are diametrically boring. They're white cafeteria style blah. I have no idea what I was thinking when I bought them. I hate them, but they work, so I haven't been able to justify replacing them with something I enjoy.

We use these square melamine plates most of the time, but the dishes we have that I love are from a discontinued line called ... I forget, American something. They're all black and white, and the salad plates are either the Statue of Liberty or the Chrysler Building. The dinner plates are either Metropolis (you have to click the link to it on that page), or a 1959 Cadillac or Amelia Earhart's plate. I love them. The mugs are Victorian brownstones.

Favorite mug is a Star Trek mug from Pfaltzgraf. It was from a pattern they designed for one of the movies. Aside from just being cool, it's a lovely design and it's big enough to make a two-bag cup of tea.

This is my current mug. I needed something hard to damage at work.

Favorite mug is my "Forget princess, I want to be a vampire!" mug that a Buffista set me! But my favorite tea cup is currently one of my fortune-telling ones.

I have 3 mugs that I tend to use the most, all on the large side. In cold weather I can wrap both hands around them to warm my fingers. The one I'm using right now is corporate swag but I like it because it's a bright, cheery orange. You can see a bit of the mug here [link] .

My favorite mug at work is a black oversized one that Getty Pictures send me by way of thanks for sending them thousands of $ in licensing business (along with a free iPod Nano that unfortunately didn't survive the washing machine).

But my all-time favorite was a golden stein-style mug neighbors brought me from a trip to Windsor, Canada when I was a kid. Dr. Pepper would continue fizzing for 30 minutes in that mug for some reason.

Do you have a favourite mug/coffee/tea cup?

I got JZ this Sally mug and it's super pleasing to hold and drink from. The shape of the lip, and balance in the hand is excellent.