Everyone (including me) has their favourite mug to drink tea or coffee in. It’s because there is something personal about the mug where you drink from. Designing and crafting a range of beautiful, handmade mug takes a lot of time and effort, and there will undoubtedly be a special mug that suits me, you, and everyone else.
So, start your day with a handmade ceramic mug, from which hot drinks taste better. From Hannah Turner’s potters’ hands to yours, all our mugs are unique and lovely to hold, especially in the morning, before your day begins.
Whether your beverage is hot or cold, drinking it from a handmade mug will make you feel good. The mugs are also microwaveable, meaning they are safe to use with a microwave oven. In terms of flavour, they are neutral and do not hold flavour from other drinks. Thus you will be able to enjoy drinking various beverages in them, with no smells or flavours that linger on.
At present, the 12 oz. Handmade mug is the standard, but some items are smaller, say 6 oz or the 3 oz cup for the espresso shot.
Mass Produced or Handmade Mugs, Which Do You Prefer?
If you’re having second thoughts about buying handcrafted ceramic mugs, it is important to know that the one obvious benefit of mass production is cost savings. The glazes used for these items were formulated to provide a consistent finish. The glazes are flat looking all over, and they are very quickly kiln fired to keep the costs down.
Glazes on handmade mug, especially when fired in open flames, have a much more diversified character and can have different colours on different sides, dependent on how the flames have travelled in the kiln.
To brighten your kitchen, there are different styles of mugs to choose from, like cat mug and dog mugs with unique designs that bring character and quaint behavior during your tea time.
You’d want to use cat mugs and dog mug to serve hot beverages. They tend to be different from regular mugs, being cat-themed or dog themed, and have lovely graphic prints of dogs or cats, and some are even moulded to look like these animals.
As the potter pulls the clay upward on the wheel, one is reminded that their favourite mug was made by another human, not on a production line. Traditional methods have been used in crafting handmade mugs for a hundred years. Therefore when you buy handmade mugs, it can mean that you are investing not in pottery but in people.
Visit the Hannah Turner website, and check out our handcrafted mugs, including cat and dog ones. If you wish to gift somebody dear to you, we offer you the perfect choice they will love and appreciate. You can also contact us if you need further information, and we will be happy to speak to you, and we’ll also help declutter your mind from doubts, which may be proving as a hindrance on your road to making the right decision.
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