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Nordic Style Ceramic Coffee Mug Wooden Handle
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Fantastic mugs and tea cups decorating your dinner table
Every home needs a light touch of style standing on the shelf. A ceramic mug is an indispensable kitchen item. Coffee sets the tone of your day, while tea gives extra warmth in chilly evenings. Let your cooking space transform into that cosy café on the corner. Magnificent cups of various shapes help replicate your favourite drinks at home. AliBene offers items for different occasions. If you’re searching for appropriate decorations for serene family dinner, choose the elegant and vintage ones with or without pattern. In case you fancy doing tea parties daily, decide on marvellous set of tea mugs in trendy Japanese style. It will definitely attract guests’ curious eyes. We also have handmade containers not resembling any others. Imagine enjoying a steaming sip of hot beverage near frosty window with a book on your knees. Or, on the contrary, refreshing drinks near the pool under the burning sun.
Lacking the time to buy the right gift for a friend? Drinking vessels are a great stylish solution as well. Customise a coffee mug and leave a lasting impression on your buddy. Thanks to long service and fantastic memories, such a present becomes a major part of life. Purchase already painted décor elements or trust professionals to print your common pic, for instance.
The history of a coffee cup and diversity of materials
If you think fittings for drinking originate from China, you’re not wrong. The East India Trading company imported them to England in the 18th century. Tea has always been a symbol of this huge Asian nation, so it soundly became a motherland of this hot drink. By the way, this is the reason why porcelain is called china. With time England adopted the Chinese tradition of making tea parties. Of course, in a completely different form. Though many people still consider it a special British custom dating back to royal times. Moreover, those decorations had different appearance. A handle with a saucer is a distinguishing feature of British dining accessories, while in China people are used to holding them in palms.
Generally, there exist four main types of teaware materials:
- Ceramic. The most common in cup manufactury. This baked clay pottery is heat-resistant, steady and bent without effort. Almost all drinking fittings are produced of ceramic and vary in shape greatly.
- China. Extremely fragile and delicate material, as well as the most ancient one. Porcelain has been applied as teaware by our ancestors. It’s of premium quality, that’s why it increased in price to a large extent.
- Glass. No less popular cup material, nor solid enough to bear high temperatures. Be careful while choosing glass coffee mugs and pay scrupulous attention to their rigidity.
- Plastic. Mostly used when huge amounts of teaware are needed for a great number of people. It’s the most eco-harmful material. Nowadays society makes steps to give up plastic. If your work requires reusable drinking containers, decide on firm and superior plastic.